President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan visited the Central market in Nguru, Yobe Teach to sympathize with the victims of the market inferno which occurred closing Saturday.
Lawan arrived at Nguru in the afternoon, paid homage to the Emir of Nguru and later proceeded to the principle market to look for for himself what came about.
The Senate President later donated the sum of N10 million towards rebuilding the market and appealed to other folks in the neighborhood to create similar contributions to ease the sufferings of those tormented by the fireside incident.
In an announcement by the Special Adviser (Media) to the Senate President, Mr Ola Awoniyi, he said Lawan also witnessed the flag-off of reduction materials to the victims by the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Bother Management and Social Pattern via the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).
Speaking almost as we issue sooner than the distribution of the relaxation materials, Lawan prayed in opposition to a recurrence of such an incident.
He said: “Incidents love this happen because they are destined to happen. But love some said, there are causes and sources of such accidents. We would like to conception at why the fireside outbreak is occurring nearly on a yearly foundation in our market here.
“Nguru Central Market is a wanted market to us in Yobe Teach and in the Northeast. We own got so many folks that own the profit of this market straight and circuitously.
“So we are purported to create the entirety and one thing else attainable inside our limit to boost our people that own misplaced so worthy in their firms to the fireside accident.
“As soon as I learnt relating to the fireside incident, I straight placed a name to the Honourable Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Social Pattern to uncover her of this trend and naturally, she despatched NEMA Northeast to return and seek for what has came about here.
“NEMA has introduced some reduction materials for our people. But because here’s reduction enviornment cloth, here’s simply to cushion the instantaneous impact of that accident.
“I are attempting to commend the Chairman of Nguru Native Authorities Council for assuring us that every body those that are affected will own the profit of the relaxation materials precisely.”
The Minister of Humanitarian Affair and Bother Management and Social Pattern, Sadiya Umar Farouq said in a speech read on her behalf by her Director of Humanitarian Affairs, Grema Ali Alhaji that it used to be a unhappy incident “as a result of extent of hurt introduced on and losses to livelihoods of many persons.”
She said the relaxation materials introduced had been in accordance to the hurt evaluate and want analysis performed by NEMA.
The Minister said the North East Pattern Fee (NEDC) had been directed to evaluate the problem for additonal aid to the victims.