The Senate on Thursday, July 11, urged the Federal Capital Development Authority and Abuja Municipal Area Council , to reallocate shops to original owners after rehabilitating Karu Market which was recently gutted by fire.
The red chamber also enjoined the federal government through the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development and the National Emergency Management Agency to urgently provide palliatives and relief materials to affected traders to cushion the effect of fire on the victims.
It mandated its committees on Environment and Legislative Compliance to ensure strict compliance with the resolutions and report back within four weeks.Senator Kingibe in her motion titled: “The Karu Fire Outbreak and the Need for Safer Public Places” informed his colleagues that the fire outbreak that occurred at Karu main market on June 27, 2024, left scores of traders in tears after goods worth billions of Naira were razed.
“This state of unpreparedness in safety management cuts across private homes, government buildings, open parks and gardens, markets, shopping malls, Warehouses, Sawmills, fuel tankers, gas and fuel Stations, educational establishments, shops, clubs, hospitals, hotels, and restaurants: thereby exposing ourselves to avoidable mishaps,” she said.