12.6 Million Naira Lost Due To Fire Outbreak in CBN Office in Jos - Finance Minister

The Nigerian finance minister Mrs Zainab Ahmed has announced the loss of the national fund that was losses due to the Fire outbreak in Jos.

The information was announced on Tuesday 21st April 2020, in Abuja, after a report of a fire outbreak in CBN Office Jos.

Following the recent crash on Nigerian oil barrel price.

She also urged all Nigerians that “Nigerian is in a very big mess it is time to improve the country’s economy or the nation will be on a recession which could lead to massive hunger in the country”.

According to the finance minister She said;

The country is on a big mess right now, We Lost 12.6 Trillion Naira Over Fire outbreak In CBN Office In Jos

She also added that she has informed the state Commissioner of Police to investigate on the cause of the fire outbreak in CBN Office.

Source: Saharagist.

Fire Outbreak in CBN Jos Branch

The ravaging series of fire outbreaks in the country amid COVID-19 pandemic today hit a branch of Central Bank of Nigeria in Jos.

According to report, a branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria in Jos, Plateau State engulfed with fire in the early hours of today.

CBN revealed this in a tweet via its verified Twitter handle.

“Minor fire outbreak at the Jos branch of Central bank of Nigeria, promptly contained today, April 21, 2020,” the apex bank tweeted.

Recall On April 8, fire broke out at the Treasury House, a building housing the Accountant General of the Federation’s office, exactly a week after there was another fire outbreak at the headquarters of the Corporate Affairs Commission, while the Independent National Electoral Commission’s office in Abuja also went up in flames days after.

BREAKING: Popular Dugbe Market in Ibadan Up in Flames

Dugbe Market in Ibadan, Oyo state is currently on fire and here are photos showing firefighters working hard to put out the fire.

So far, goods worth millions of naira have already been destroyed.

The fire which broke out on Wednesday afternoon destroyed a building and some shops in the Lebanon area of Dugbe, Ibadan.

According to reports, the fire, which started around 1.20 p.m., razed the building and the row of shops where mattresses, clothes, household goods and electronics are sold.

Men of the fire service from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the state fire service rushed to the scene to put out the fire.

Although no life was lost in the inferno, many traders whose shops and goods were razed were seen crying and lamenting their loss.

The relevant authorities are yet to releases a statement on the incident

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