Minister denies data loss in FMBN fire, says bank fully operational

The Federal Government has dismissed reports that last weekend’s fire at the headquarters of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) in Abuja destroyed critical records or customer data, insisting that the bank remains fully operational despite the incident.
Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Engineer Muttaqa Rabe Darma, gave the assurance on Tuesday during an inspection of the affected section of the bank’s headquarters, where he received a briefing from FMBN management and technical personnel on the cause and impact of the fire.
The minister said the blaze was contained to part of the second floor of the building and that preliminary investigations indicated it was caus...