Sokoto Market Fire: Tambuwal Promises Support For Victims

• Tambuwal Shows Support To Victims Of Fire Accident
• Governor Sets-Up Committee to take records of damaged properties

Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has assured support for victims of the Sokoto Central Market, who lost goods worth millions of naira to the fire accident that razed a section of the market on Tuesday.

Tambuwal announced the setting up of a committee to take stock of valuables lost to the fire.

He called on the committee headed by the Deputy Governor, Manir Dan’iya, to itemise the losses suffered by traders in order to enable the government to assist them to cushion the effects of the tragedy.

He described the incident as a sad development and appealed to the traders to remain calm and prayerful.

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Other members of the committee are Chairman state House of Assembly Committee on Commerce, Commissioner for Lands and Housing, Commissioner for Commerce, representative of the Sultanate Council, the Director-General of the Central Market as well as the Director-General of the state Fire Service.

Also on the list are the Chairman, Board of the Central Market; President, Sokoto Chamber of Commerce; Chairman, Sokoto Market Traders’ Association; and Sheikh Bello Yabo.

Sokoto residents woke up on Tuesday to a raging inferno, which was assisted by the harmattan wind that razed a large section of the market.