… As traders count loses of goods worth millions of naira
By Joyce Remi-Babayeju
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, has sympathised with the shop owners who lost goods worth millions of naira in a recent fire disaster which occured at the popular Karimo market in the suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
According to a press release made a available to Daybreak today the inferno which reportedly started in the early hours of Thursday affected many shops and has left many traders to count losses of goods worth millions of Naira. destroyed by the fire.
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Bashir Nura Alkali, on behalf of the Minister said she is worried by the frequent fire disaster in markets across the country and called on shop owners and market authorities to be fire-conscious to protect lives and property.
She advised that fire fighting equipment should be installed in shops and at strategic areas in the markets and cautioned against cooking and improper handling of electrical appliances in markets to prevent fire disaster.
Also the minister has commended the combined efforts of the firefighters from government agencies, companies and individuals who brought the fire under control.
She promised that the relevant government authority would be carried out investigation to know the cause of the fire.
