FCTA ADOPTS TECHNOLOGY FOR TIMELY RESPONSE TO FIRE OUTBREAKS IN MARKETS  

The Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC), Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has unveiled a fire router, a technology installed in Wuse Market, Abuja, to alert the fire service of fire outbreaks.

 Its Coordinator, Chief Felix Obuah, unveiled the technology while inaugurating the 2024/2025 dry season market sensitization campaign on fire safety, in Abuja on Thursday.

He said that the technology, the first of its kind in Abuja, would be installed across all markets in the FCT in due course.

The coordinator said the  campaign was organised by Abuja Markets Management Limited (AMML), in partnership with FCT Fire Service and Abuja Investments Company Ltd.

According to him, the campaign is designed to enhance market safety against fire outbreaks throughout the dry season.

Obuah said, “The goal is to safeguard lives, properties, and livelihoods in Abuja markets and other public and private places in the FCT.”

He pointed out that markets were vibrant hubs of economic activities and central to communities’ development and well-being.

The coordinator, said that markets were also uniquely vulnerable to fire outbreaks, particularly during the dry season.

Earlier, the acting Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, AMML, Onya Ojiji, said that the fire safety sensitization exercise across FCT markets was to insulate markets from fire disaster.

Ojiji said that the initiative was in compliance with the directive of FCT minister Nyesom Wike to keep FCT markets safe from fire disaster.

She said that the AMML was poised to constantly review its fire safety management structure and assess the functionality of firefighting equipment and infrastructure.

She added the agency was equally ready to evaluate and enforce the isolation of common areas from commercial activities.