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The fire was said to have broken out at about 2 am and could not be quenched until about 10am, leaving several billions of Naira worth of ware destroyed. The president urged the state and federal agencies responsible for fire management to strive towards higher levels of preparedness, mitigation efforts and strengthening their response mechanisms to deal with the increasing menace of market and other fire disasters.The former Lagos State governor in a statement issued Sunday by his Media Office and signed by Mr. Tunde Rahman, spoke of his readiness to help in the rebuilding of the market and giving succour to the victims of the inferno.
Earlier, Zulum had in a quick state-wide broadcast yesterday morning, announced an emergency relief of N1 billion to provide urgent support to victims, pending assessment of the incident. “I really feel the pains of everyone affected by this incident. I commiserate with all of you. I kindly and most respectfully urge you to be calm and patient. I know how bad you feel and insha’Allah, the Borno State Government is already taking the following measures to ameliorate the situation:
He also commiserated with the state government and the entire people of Borno over the unfortunate incident and expressed the belief that the appropriate authorities would find out the cause of the incident with a view to preventing a recurrence. The Minister for Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management & Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, described the incident as unfortunate and a great loss to the nation’s economy.
The Governor of Yobe State, Hon. Mai Mala Buni, sympathised with the government and people of Borno state.
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