{"id":236057,"date":"2025-09-27T19:15:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T19:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/hon-chinasa-pays-tribute-to-dr-okidi-as-trailblazing-deputy-controller-of-federal-fire-service\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T19:15:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T19:15:41","slug":"hon-chinasa-pays-tribute-to-dr-okidi-as-trailblazing-deputy-controller-of-federal-fire-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/hon-chinasa-pays-tribute-to-dr-okidi-as-trailblazing-deputy-controller-of-federal-fire-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Hon Chinasa Pays Tribute to Dr Okidi as Trailblazing Deputy Controller of Federal Fire Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4 data-start=\"829\" data-end=\"1140\"><em>Dr. Ijeoma Okidi has shattered glass ceilings as the first female Deputy Controller of the Federal Fire Service. Hon. Iheanyi Chinasa led tributes at her decoration ceremony in Abuja, hailing her professionalism, resilience, and service excellence. Read how her achievement is inspiring <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/abia\">Abia <\/a>State and beyond.<\/em><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chineke \u1ecd\u0300 na-emegide ngalaba Cesarean n&#039;ime ime?\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nMSqtFrO8E0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"kvezio kvezio-clearfix kvezio-post-inline kvezio-float-center kvezio-align-center kvezio-column-1\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Who Cheats More: Married Men or Women? | IFENKILI (PREMIUM IGBO CONTENT)\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_kcF0IcrtLU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Chief Liaison Officer of <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/abia\">Abia <\/a>State, Abuja, Hon. Iheanyi Frank Chinasa, has lauded the outstanding professionalism, unwavering dedication, and remarkable resilience of Dr. Ijeoma Okidi, who has made history as the first female Deputy Controller of the Federal Fire Service. Speaking at the ceremony marking Dr. Okidi\u2019s formal decoration with her new rank, Hon. Chinasa described her as \u201ca true Ambassador of the <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/abia\">Abia <\/a>spirit and a trailblazer who has broken barriers to pave the way for others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hon. Chinasa extolled Dr. Okidi\u2019s exceptional qualities, praising her \u201cdiligence, dedication, hard work, and service excellence even in a male-dominated career.\u201dHe urged the newly promoted Deputy Controller to continue exemplifying the values of patriotism, service, and integrity, while using her new office to project the egalitarian spirit of the <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/abia\">Abia <\/a>people.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-193835\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/afnews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/app-1.jpg?resize=1170%2C614&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"614\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kvezio kvezio-clearfix kvezio-post-middle kvezio-float-center kvezio-align-center kvezio-column-1\">\n<div id=\"kvezio-178990-1938378423\" class=\"kvezio-container kvezio-type-image \" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WPAdBlock\" data-adid=\"178990\" data-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"kvezio-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/afnews.sumofunnel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/cover-1-scaled.jpg?w=1170&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"news paper\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The ceremony,which held at the Headquarters of the Nigeria Immigration Service in Abuja, witnessed the official decoration of newly promoted senior officers across the nation\u2019s four paramilitary agencies, including the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Federal Fire Service (FFS), and Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS).<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hon. Chinasa emphasized that Dr. Okidi\u2019s historic elevation represents a beacon of inspiration to the youths, especially females, affirming that excellence knows no gender. He urged her to continue making <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/abia\">Abia <\/a>State proud.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The event was attended by top government officials, including Hon.Chukwunenye Alajemba, Special Assistant on Homeland Security, who represented Governor Dr <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/Alex\">Alex <\/a>Otti, Hon. Ibe Okwara, Member representing Arochukwu\/Ohafia Federal Constituency in the National Assembly and Hon. Eme Odinakachi, Senior Special Assistant on Multilateral\/Donor Agencies.<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<h3><strong>Listen to top Radio Stations in <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/abia\">Abia <\/a>State CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Ijeoma Okidi has shattered glass ceilings as the first female Deputy Controller of the Federal Fire Service. Hon. Iheanyi Chinasa led tributes at her decoration ceremony in Abuja, hailing her professionalism, resilience, and service excellence. Read how her achievement is inspiring Abia State and beyond. \u00a0 The Chief Liaison Officer of Abia State, Abuja, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":236059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[176],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abia"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Chinasa-and-Fire-service-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}