The modern Games Village of the Federal College of Education (Technical) Omoku, Rivers State was on Sunday afternoon gutted by fire.
Though no life was lost, but properties worth millions of naira had already been destroyed by the inferno before the incident was noticed by passerby. The games village is located in the permanent site (Campus II) of the College.
Areas mostly affected includes offices, football field, pavilion, dressing rooms, hokey field, swimming pools, badminton, squash fields, long jump, track field, VIP, male and female rest rooms, electric poles and other valuables.
Speaking at the site of the inferno, the Provost of the College Sir Dr. Emmanuel Ikenyiri, who was visibly angry and shocked, described the incident as sad, unfortunate and a monumental loss to the institution, but thanked Almighty God that no life was lost.
The Provost commended the Nigeria Agip Oil Company Limited fire service for their intervention on hearing distress calls about the incident, as according to him, if not for their gallant efforts, the fire would have touched many buildings.
He therefore appealed to the Federal and Rivers State Governments, TETFUND, the Nigeria Agip Oil Company Limited (NAOC), Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Total Petroleum and other corporate organizations and individuals to come to the aid of the institution by rebuilding the destroyed College Games Village.
The Provost and Management of the College thanked all those who sympathized with the institution over the fire incident.
