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.

Radio Kwara     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Gwanara     Mamman Saba Jibril     Halimat Yusuf     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Alaro     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Yaman     GAMA     NURTW     HYPPADEC     Saliu Oluwole     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Ganiyu Abolarin     Tunji Arosanyin     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Tsaragi     Edu     Lanre Badmus     Niyi Ogundiran     Mary Arinde     Olupako     Kamaldeen Gambari     Pacify Labs     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Habeeb Saidu     Ramadan     Young Progressives Party     CACOVID     Segun Abifarin     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Arandun     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     John Kehinde Salako     Danladi     Www.Kwarareports.com     Law School Scholarship     Dumagi     Musa Yeketi     Adebayo Salami     NNPP     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     ASMAU PLAZA     Salman Suleiman     Yusuf Mubarak     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Saliu Mustapha     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Babatunde Idiagbon     Oladimeji Thompson     Revenue Court     James Kolo     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Aso Ofi     VADA     Government High School Adeta     Magaji Nda     Salake     Kunle Okeowo     Shehu Adaramaja     Iqra Books     Kwara University Of Education     Suleiman Idris     Abubakar B.M     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Babaloja-General     Sayomi     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Shero     Ganiyu Taofiq    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Siraj Oyewale     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Yaru     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Gaa Olobi     Obayomi Azeez     Salihu Ajia     Ajidagba     Matthew Babaoye     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Ilorin Muslim Community     Ahman Patigi     IEDPU     National Pilot     Oba Abdulraheem     Amos Sayo     UNILORIN Alumni     Zara Umar     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Sango-UITH Road     Ishaq Salman     Marufat Oladosu     Roheemat Hammed     Funmilayo Mohammed     Ubandoma     Jaiz Bank     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Okanlawon Musa     Otoge     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Ibrahim Taiwo     Bursary     Emir Of Kano     Ajeigbe     Olatunde Michaels     Oluranti Idowu     Ifelodun     Yusuf Badmus     Olawuyi     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Ibrahim Bio     Bamidele Aluko     Olatunji Ibrahim     Fatimat Saliu     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Olokoba     Valsolar Consortium     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Ejidongari     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Ibrahim Abikan     Sa\'adu Gambari     Ola Falade     Ariyo     Isin     Idi-Ape     Toyin Saraki     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Ademola Kiyesola     Kolawole Akande     KWASAA     Olateju Lukman     Council Of The Wise     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Ojo Fadumila     Shonga     Admiralty Villa     Nupe     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Borgu     Balogun-Ojomu     Amusa Bello     Saadu Yusuf     AbdulRahman Saad