Fubara promises to make fire service functional after 12 years   

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has expressed regrets that for over 12 years, the state-owned Fire Service stations were left in limbo, but assured that the ongoing rehabilitation would be concluded and the stations ready for public use in the first week of March, 2025.

The governor gave the assurance when he embarked on an inspection tour to the three Fire Service stations to access the extent of work done with the ongoing remodelling, expansion and reconstruction activities on the sites yesterday.

Fubara visited the stations located beside the Isaac Boro Park/Mile One flyover, Borokiri, in the old Port Harcourt Township and Rumuodomaya Community, all in Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor Local Council.   He explained that with the ongoing work, the three major Fire Service stations will be put into effective state to provide rapid and quick response to fire incidents in the state.

He said: “For a very long time, we have had this situation that we have to depend on the multi-nationals; Shell, Agip and Chevron and even (Elf) TotalEnergies at that time, including to respond to fire incidents in the state”.

“From what we have seen today, we can confirm that the contractor is working very hard to meet the deadline. We must commission this project first week in March.”

The governor,  in a statement  by his  Chief Press Secretary,  Nelson  Chukwudi, said it is the responsibility of the government to have such facilities that provide vital social services available to the people to address fire incidence when they occur.

He assured that his administration is reversing the utter neglect such social services had suffered, and ensure that Rivers people will, in no distant future, begin to benefit from the stations.