NEMA COORDINATES SAR OPS AT THE SCENE OF BUILDING COLLAPSE INVOLVING A THREE STOREY BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT GUDU AREA OF FCT. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.
NEMA COORDINATES SAR OPS AT THE SCENE OF BUILDING COLLAPSE INVOLVING A THREE STOREY BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT GUDU AREA OF FCT At about 0945hrs on Saturday 16th May, 2026, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) was alerted of a building collapse at Gudu District of FCT. Critical stakeholders including Federal Fire, FCT Fire, NSCDC, NPF, FRSC and Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) were activated while a response team of NEMA from the Abuja Operations Office led by the Head of Operations Mr Zakari Abubakar and operatives from AYA Emergency Response Bay (ERAB) were deployed to the scene for quick response and coordination. A reinforcement team from NEMA Headquarters led by the Director Search and Response (DSAR) Air Cdre Bature Usman was also on ground to provide necessary backup and supervision. At the time of this report, the operation is still ongoing. However, sixteen (16) casualties have so far been evacuated to Aso...
In a statement signed by Samuel Aruwan,the Special Assistant,Media and Publicity to the Governor of Kaduna state Mallam Nasir El-Rufai said the governor gave the directives at a meeting with officials of all banks hosting the state government's revenue and expenditure accounts.He said the meeting was also attended by the Kaduna state Branch Controller of the CBN.El-Rufai explained that after the establishment of the Treasury Single Account {TSA},the state government will open specified sub-accounts with the CBN and the commercial banks.''The banks officials present assured the governor that within five working days of receiving the formal instructions from the state government,they will close the accounts and remit the balances to the TSA''.The statement also disclosed that selected revenue holding accounts will be excluded from the directive.The government will publish needed Treasury Circulars and other instructions to ive effect to these decisions.While thaking the banks for their continued support,the governor assured them that a session will be organized to explain to the banks how the new TSA and the sub-accounts will work.According to El-Rufai,the decision to close the accounts was to give way for implementation of the Treasury Single Account,TSA,framework by 1 September,2015.He said the decision was part of the process of attaining this goal and all the banks that maintain the accounts of the government have not only been put on notice to close them,but have also been asked to remit the balances of the Central Bank of Nigeria which will host the state's Treasury Single Account {TSA}.
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