Government Denies Casualty In Kano School Fire

 Kano State Ministry of Education has said there were no students in the fire incident at Government Girls' College (GGC) in the state.

 The permanent secretary of the ministry, Lauratu  Ado-Diso, affirmed this through the ministry’s Deputy Director of Information, Aliyu Yusuf in a statement on Wednesday in Kano State.

She urged parents to remain calm and disregard all forms of rumours that might circulate about the inferno as “no single student was a casualty.”

Yusuf quoted Ado-Diso while inspecting the affected hostel, “expressing her gratitude to Allah as n of the students was recorded as a victim.”

The permanent secretary directed the college authority to relocate all the students to other hostels renovated by the state government.

She added that proper inventory would be taken of the students who lost their belongings to the fire for assistance.

The Permanent Secretary also charged the college management, staff and the students to always be extra vigilant, to be safe from such incidents.

She said though the cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained, an investigation would be carried out to avert future occurrences.

Ado-Diso commended firemen of the Federal and State Fire Services for their quick response in putting out the fire.