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By Emmanuel Adeleke
The headquarters of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Abuja was gutted by fire on Friday morning.
A statement issued by NYSC’s Director of Press Relations, Eddy Megwa, who confirmed the incident in a statement, said the fire has been put out by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Federal Fire Service Departments
Megwa said the incident, which started about 7:30am, was limited to the third floor of the six-storey building edifice.
He explained that the floor is occupied by Planning, Research and Statistics and the General Service Department, stressing that the fire only affected a particular room with electronic gadgets.
”Fortunately enough, no life was lost and all vital documents were promptly evacuated and safeguarded.
”The management of the scheme heartily appreciates the Federal and FCT Fire Service Departments for their prompt response which minimised the effect of the incident.
”Management also appreciates all security agencies for the invaluable roles they played during the unfortunate incident,” he said.