Fire guts section of National Assembly

The management of the national assembly has confirmed that there was a fire outbreak within the complex.

Director, information, national assembly, Agada Rawlings Emmanuel, who confirmed the incident, said the fire occurred in one of the janitors located in the new-wing of the House of Representatives.

He said the fire was suspected to have resulted from an electrical fault which was noticed by one of the staff to the clerk, House of Representatives, who promptly alerted the federal fire service unit stationed in the national assembly complex.

He said after due assessment, normalcy would be restored immediately to the affected areas.