Addressing newsmen during the exercise on Saturday, the state’s Chief Fire Officer, Mr Okwudiri Ohaa, said that the exercise would last until Sunday.
During the first phase of the decontamination of the market, the exercise was monitored by Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and heads of security agencies in the state. He maintained that the decontamination would be a continuous one, saying that “when the market reopens, it will be a weekly event’’. Ohaa said the guidelines on personal hygiene protocol by World Health Organisation and Nigeria Centre for Disease Control , among others should be adhered to.Reacting on behalf of the traders in the market, the Chief Security Officer, Mr Justus Ezebinagu, commended Gov. Ugwuanyi for the initiative to decontaminate the market for the second time.