The management of Yabatech has announced the suspension of academic activities after the fire outbreak.
Academic
activities at the Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) has been
suspended until further notice by the institution's management following
the fire incident at Bakassi Hostel.
The authorities have subsequently announced that all lectures and examination have been put on hold, Daily Post reports.
A statement by Dr Charles Oni, YABATECH spokesman, said, “By
this notice, all examinations and lectures, especially scheduled for
today (Wednesday) have been put on hold while the College attends to the
exigency.
“The Management regrets the
misguided and outright falsehood on the social media and calls to
certain radio stations that there was no water on campus to quell the
fire.
“The truth is that firemen needed an excavator to attend to the fire, which the College provided promptly.
“Meanwhile,
the Rector, Dr Margaret Ladipo, has called on the College community to
remain calm as the Management finds ways to soothe the pains inflicted
by the accident.”
Earlier reports revealed that the fire broke out early on Wednesday, November 23.
Although properties belonging to the female students were lost in the inferno, thankfully, no lives were lost in the incident.
Daily Post reports that the fire was eventually put out by men from the Fire Service.
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