The Federal Fire Service (FFS) has successfully extinguished a fire outbreak at the office of the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) on Wednesday.
The FFS Public Relation’s office posted on its official Facebook page to announce that the fire had been put off, showing the current pictures of the said building.
A fire had engulfed the office of the AGF Wednesday morning.
No casualty was reported, however, as most offices in the Federal Capital Territory are partially in operation following the lockdown order by President Muhammadu Buhari as part of efforts to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Allegation
Some public analysts are alleging that the building was deliberately put on fire after calls by the opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, for the government to account for the N2 trillion it spent on subsidy.
Reno Omokri, an aide to former president Goodluck Jonathan and a public analyst, said the cause of the fire must be investigated.
The fire in the Accountant General’s office started a day after @OfficialPDPNig called for an audit into the so called subsidy regime that General @MBuhari’s government claims to have spent over ₦2 trillion on? How convenient! Who is fooling who? #FreeLeahSharibu #RenosNuggets
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) April 8, 2020
But should we be surprised that the accountant general’s office got burnt while there was a #CoronaVirus lockdown in Abuja and his staff are meant to be at home? Didn’t a snake swallow $100,000, while a monkey carted ₦70 million under General @MBuhari? #BuhariTormentor
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) April 8, 2020
I can’t imagine that of all offices in that building it was only the office of the Accountant that got burnt. This is the real politics
— Ndy Mercy (@Essynaehi) April 8, 2020
However, the cause of the fire and property damaged is unknown yet as authorities are still investigating the incident.
About the AGF
The Accountant General of the Federation is the administrative head of the treasury of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The office holder is often appointed by the President of Nigeria to serve a four years term in accordance with the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria.
The office was established in 1988 under the Civil Services reorganization Decree No. 43 of the constitution of Nigeria.
The office holder is charged with the responsibility to manage receipts and payments of the Republic of Nigeria and to ensure that a proper system of account exists in every department of the nation’s treasury and to exercise general supervision over the receipts of public revenue and over the expenditure of the federal Government.
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