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.
Lanwa Nagode Kisra Oye Tinuoye Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir Stephen Fasakin KWIRS Yetunde Balogun Ben Duntoye Alfa Modibo Belgore Suleiman Alege Kuranga Kwara Poly Bayo Onimago Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners Aminu Adisa Logun Ilorin Emirate Abubakar Aliagan Amuda Aluko Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim Omupo Student Learning Support Helpline Kwara State Geographic Information Service Abdulmajeed Wahab Isiaka Rafiu Mope Umar Yakubu Jaja Sherif Shagaya Onilorin Of Ilorin Yusuf Lanre Badmas Grillo Toyosi Thomas Mashood Dauda Joseph Offorjama TESCOM Sobi Baba Idris Esuwoye Jumoke F. Ajao Idi-Ape Okala Baba Read With Me Olaiya Victor Mobolaji Abdulmajeed Abdullahi Sulaiman Gado Adedeji Onimago Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa Toun Okewale-Sonaiya Congress For National Consensus Saka Isau Esinniobiwa Quareeb SSA Youth Engagement Bursary Jide Oyinloye Monthly Sanitation Guber Aspirant Makama Mohammed Danjuma Agbarere Ibrahim Oniye Bamidele Adegoke Jimoh Bashir ENetSuD Sidikat Akaje Code Of Conduct Ilorin.Info Ganmo Power Sub-Station Ejidongari NIRSAL Lola Olabayo EndSARS Clara Nwachukwu Undergraduate Bursary Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir Sadiq Buhari Abubakar Kawu Baraje KWACOBPA General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin Aisha Buhari

