The Lagos State Government has sent some firefighters to training in the United Kingdom to help them improve on their job back home.
The spokesperson of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Ololade Agboola, made this known in a statement on Friday, adding that the administration of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made tit possible.
Agboola said the new batch of firefighters sent to the United Kingdom for training will certainly broaden their skills when they return to Nigeria.
He further stated that the training in the UK is in continuation of a structural capacity building as part of the rebranded Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service.
“You will recall that this administration had embarked on several programme to reposition the foremost Fire and Rescue outfit among which are; granting Agency status, enlisting 535 manpower, handing over of five new Fire Stations and 62 Fire Apparatuses to mention a few,” Agboola said.
“Complementing these conscious efforts in tandem with Mr. Governor’s THEMES+ Agenda is upscaling the Firefighters who will be manning these laudable multi-billion naira facilities technique for optimal performance to the benefits of Lagos inhabitants.”
Agboola said on September 18, 2023, another crew member of the agency embarked on a course in International Disaster Management at the Bournemouth University, United Kingdom after an earlier batch did in 2022.
