Fire destroys property worth N10.2m in Kwara

Date: 2017-01-29

A fire incident has destroyed property worth over N10 million at the Kwara Government-owned property, Patigi Regatta Motel in Patigi, Patigi Local Government Area of the state. The Managing Director of the Motel, Alhaji Abdulkadir Mustapha-Rifun, who conducted newsmen round the motel on Saturday, expressed shock over the incidence. He described it as a setback to his efforts toward giving the edifice a face-lift.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the motel was leased out to Rifun River Investment in 2013 for effective operation. The managing director, who attributed the cause of the fire to power surge, said the fire incident affected all the section of the motel already renovated.

He explained that his decision to take over the property was borne out of the desire to complement the developmental efforts of the government. He explained that the management of the motel would require between N15 and N20 million to give the motel a face-lift.

Mustapha-Rifun appealed to the state government to intervene with relief and incentive to assist in realising the mandate of putting the state's property into a modern status and judicious use. Ten of the twenty-five rooms in the motel were seriously damaged Reacting to the development, the immediate past state Head of Service, Alhaji Dabarako Muhammad sympathised with the owner, describing the incident as unfortunate.

Alhaji Muhammad, who is from the community, said he was a member of the State Government Committee that lease the property, pointed out that the fire incident is a setback to the community and the state government.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ilorin South Constituency     TESCOM 2025     Mustapha Akanbi     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Owo Arugbo     Rihanat Ajia     Shuaib Olarongbe     Oke-Ogun     Oko     Akanbi-Oke     Mubarak Oladosu     Taofeeq Olateju     Summit University     Abiodun Oyedepo     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Rotimi Oyedepo     Smart School     Kwara State Polytechnic     Isau     Monthly Sanitation     Solomon Edoja     Isiaq Khadeejah     United Nigeria Airline     Bayo Ojo     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Taofeek Ibraheem     Shonga     Oniwasi Agbaye     Mahmud Ajeigbe     NULGE     Salihu S. Yaru     UTME     Abatemi-Usman     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Durosinlohun Atiku     Kumbi Titilope     Council Of The Wise     Gwanara     Boko Haram     Imam Gambari     Trader Moni     Sarah Alade     Omotosho     Ayobami Seriki     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Funmilayo Zubair     Saba Jibril     Forgo Battery     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Naira Redesign     Lanwa     Kehinde Baale     Kubra Kazum     Osuwa     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     KSIRS     Egbewole     SSA Youth     Mazars Consulting     Opobiyi     Kishira     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Erin-ile     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Kazeem Adekanye     Sam Onile     Iliasu     Simon Sayomi     Rafiu Ajakaye     Dan-Kazeem     Hassan Taiye Salam     Ilorin Like-Minds     Oba Of Jebba     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Aishat Sulu-Gambari    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Okanlawon Taiwo     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Suleiman Ajadi     Olatunji Ibrahim     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Saeedat Aliyu     Oluronke Adeyemi     Amina El-Imam     Mutawali     UTME     Oke-Ero     ASKOMP     Okin Biscuits     NITDA     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     08001000100     Haliru Dantoro     Ilorin Curfew     Yusuf Ali     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     JUSUN     Kale Kawu     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Kwara North     Oba Abdulraheem     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     HYPPADEC     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     IFK     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Ibrahim Mohammed     Saidu Kawu     Alikinla     Paul Olawoore     College Of Education     Olatunji Bamgbola     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Oke-Kura     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Ganiyu Taofiq     Shettima     Erin-ile     Makama Of Kaiama     Riskat Opakunle     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Saidu Isa     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Kishira     Shururat Olatinwo     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     CKNG     Olohungbebe     Bolaji Aladie     Gabriel Fashanu     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Talaka Parapo     Ayegbeni     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Apado     Idris Amosa Saidu     Owu Fall     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Public Holiday     20 Billion Bond     Esinniobiwa Quareeb