Fire Devastates SteadyFlow College Of Education's Academic Complex in Cross River
The blaze, whose origin remains unknown, engulfed lecture halls, offices, and toilets, resulting in the loss of numerous valuable items. While the cause remains officially undetermined, speculation among community residents suggests that it might have started when a passerby discarded a cigarette filter near the perimeter fence, allowing it to enter the school premises.
AKACHI NOEL 
A destructive fire incident has ravaged the academic complex of the SteadyFlow College Of Education in Akparabong Community, Cross River State, causing substantial damage to academic facilities worth millions of naira.
The blaze, whose origin remains unknown, engulfed lecture halls, offices, and toilets, resulting in the loss of numerous valuable items. While the cause remains officially undetermined, speculation among community residents suggests that it might have started when a passerby discarded a cigarette filter near the perimeter fence, allowing it to enter the school premises.
However, an eyewitness, Ada Agbor, contradicted this theory, attributing the incident to a bushfire that spread into the school premises, causing widespread destruction.
Hon. Jones Tangban, the founder of SteadyFlow College of Education and a former National Assembly member, linked the fire to indiscriminate bush burning. He emphasized the urgent need for intervention from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) to facilitate the institution's reopening.
Despite the significant damage to the academic complex, no lives were lost in the incident. Tangban urged prompt assistance from state and federal government agencies, especially NEMA, to address the destruction of facilities, impacting the college's resumption.
