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.

Goodluck Jonathan     Toyin Abdullahi     Lotus Bank     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Memunat Monsuma     Oke-Ero     Ojo Fadumila     Sulyman Buhari     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Bashirat Bola Bello     Wasiu Odewale     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Gbemi Saraki     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Saad Omo Iya     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Zaratu Umar     Convocation Ceremonies     Imam Gambari     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Lanre Badmas     Medview Airlines     Nnazua     Farouk Salim     Gbugbu International Market     Bello Bature     Rachael Obisesan     Lafiagi     Amos Sayo     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Manzuma     2017 Budget     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Olatunji Ayeni     Joseph Offorjama     Air Peace     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Muhammadu Buhari     Ilesha-Gwanara     Funke Adedoyin     Alabi Lawal     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Amasa     Ganmo     Bilikis Oladimeji     Orisun Igbomina     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Moronfoye     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Ajikobi     Muhammed Aliyu     Olateju Lukman     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Tanke Road     Unilorin     Kwara State Governor     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Saliu Alamoyo     Rasheed Jimoh     Segun Adeniyi     Women Radio     Col. Adedipe     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     Moro     KW-GIS     Yakubu Danladi     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Isiaka Abdulrazak    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Pacify Labs     New Nigeria People’s Party     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Ado Ibrahim     KSIRS     Unicontinental Construction Company     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Ahmad Ali     Taofik Abdulkareem     Local Government     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     New Naira Notes     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Olushola Saraki     Bature Bello     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Dagbalodo     Balogun Fulani     S.O. Opowoye     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Ilofa     Www.Kwarareports.com     Lukman Adeloyin     MAI Akande     Nurudeen Muhammed     Ibrahim Jawondo     Shade Omoniyi     Bilikisu Oniyangi     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Aso Ofi     Kolawole Bashirat     Titus Ashaolu     Kayode Yusuf     Salami Adekunle     Balogun-Ojomu     Florence Saraki     Bisi Oyeleke     Shururat Olatinwo     T And K FOODS     Erin-ile     Saliu Tunde Bello     Kehinde Baale     Osuwa     Yoonus Lawal     David Adesina     GRA     Islamic Development Bank     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Monsurat Omotosho     Charles Ibitoye     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Arca Santa     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Kwara Pdp     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     JSSCE     Isa Aremu     Dan Iya     Iponrin     Fulani     MalHub     Kwara South     IYA ALFA NLA     Deji Ajani     BECE     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Abiodun Oyedepo     08001000100     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Baba-Isale     Amos Bajeh