Goods Worth Millions Destroyed As Fire Razes Kwara Market
A section of the popular Owode Market in the Offa area of Kwara State has been razed by fire.
Goods, especially foodstuff, charcoal and second-hand clothes worth millions of naira were lost to the inferno.
Market women said about 46 stalls were affected. They want government to provide them with initial palliative before rebuilding the stalls.
First responders like fire fighters have been deployed to the incident scene and the fire has been put out.
The Iyaloja-General Offa, Idiat Jumoke, commended the Fire Service for putting out the fire on time before it could escalate to other sections of the market.
On his part, the Chairman of the Offa Local Government Area of the state, Jare Olatundun, blamed some families for making it difficult to build modern market, claiming ownership of certain section of the market.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Congress For National Consensus Olabanji Orilonishe Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla Aliyu Adebayo Charles Ibitoye National Party Of Nigeria Balogun Ajikobi Onikijipa Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi NIPOGA Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu Unicontinental Construction Company Garment Factory Idris Amosa Saidu Kola Adesina Omupo Yahaya Abdulkareem Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab Abdulrazaq Adebayo Bolakale Kawu Joseph Bamigboye Elections Ilorin Central Mosque Balogin Alanamu Principal Private Secretary Zara Umar Hijaab Halimat Yusuf Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange Fatimat Saliu Damilola Yusuf Adelodun Code Of Conduct Tribunal Babajide Ajayi Mamatu Abdullahi Baba-Isale Aliyu Alhassan Kwara 2019 General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Magaji Nda Timothy Akangbe Trade Lenda SME Fair Abdulahi Abubakar Bata Oniwa David Adesina Owo Arugbo Abraysports FC Sobi SAPZ Project Tsaragi/Share Orisun Igbomina Nigeria Customs Service IYA ALFA NLA Saad Omo Iya Kwara Volleyball Association Teachers Specific Allowance Kamaldeen Kehinde Dan Iya Of Ilorin Royal FM Sulaiman Gado New Model Police Station UNIFEMGA Musa Abdullahi Kisra Kudirat Arinola Lawal Madawaki Of Ilorin Abdulrasheed Akogun Harmony Holdings Galadima Apaola Yinka Aluko Kwara State Geographic Information Service UNILORIN Alumni Salman Jawondo Bello Oyebanji Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development Aliyu Sabi A.O. Belgore

