Scavengers take over Sokoto market after fire disaster

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Scavengers, locally known as Jari Bola, have taken over the Sokoto Central Market, a day after it was gutted by fire.

A correspondent at the market on Wednesday observed the presence of scavengers in their hundreds who were packing singed ware in sacks and wheelbarrows.It was gathered that some of them were called upon by those whose shops were completely razed down by the 10-hour inferno to remove what they could buy from them.In another development, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has pledged the sum of N500 million to support the state government rebuild the market.

 

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