FIRS boss, others pay tributes to staff lost in Lagos fire

By Babajide Komolafe

The Executive Chairman of FIRS, Zacch Adelabu Adedeji and apical officials of the work yesterday paid tribute to the 4 unit mislaid successful the caller Lagos occurrence accident.

The tributes were item of a memorial work organised by the FIRS to honour the precocious staff. Those honoured were Mrs. George Faith Ekelikhotse, Assistant Director, Lagos Island MTA 1; Mr. Sunday Jatto David, Assistant Director, Lagos GBO; Mrs. Onyemelukwe Nkem Agnes, Senior Manager, Lagos Island MTA 1; and Mr. Ifaranmaye Peter, Manager, Lagos Island MTA 1.

The hallway was filled with emotion arsenic colleagues and absorption reflected connected the lives of the departed, describing them arsenic selfless professionals who embodied dedication and sacrifice.

Adedeji said the calamity remains 1 of the hardest moments successful the Service’s history. “At FIRS, we are not conscionable co-workers—we are a family. Their passing leaves a heavy void, yet we are comforted by the bequest of work they permission behind,” helium said. Adedeji stressed that the deceased “lived not for themselves, but for millions of Nigerians who regular payment from the dedication and sacrifice of the FIRS family,” pledging continued enactment for their families.

Director, Human Capital Management, Angel Fadahunsi, successful her tribute, said the deceased near down memories that inspire.

“Death tells america not to discarded clip and to archer each different close present that we emotion each other,” she remarked, adding, “Though decease has taken you, this is not the end, but a continuation of your legacy.”

In his tribute, the oordinating Director, People Services Group, Anthony Okonkwo, described September 16 arsenic unforgettable.

“You were a dependable beingness successful meetings, a dependable of crushed nether pressure, and a root of warmth successful quiescent moments. Your emotion was changeless and dependable, similar the prima rising each morning,” helium said.

Speaking astatine the occasion, Coordinating Director, Government and Medium Taxpayer Group, Dick Irri, the Service mislaid immoderate of its brightest lights.

“Death is not the top nonaccomplishment successful life. In the end, it is not astir the magnitude of life, but extent of life,” helium noted, praising the generosity and integrity of the deceased.

The memorial ended with prayers for eternal remainder and spot for their families.

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