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.
Igbaja Hijaab Students Union Government Mashood Dauda Mazars Consulting Yaru Habeeb Saidu Abdulkadir Orire Erin-ile Sayomi Rotimi Atere Quranic Recitation Competition Sherif Shagaya Kwara Hotel Atiku Arik Lithium Mahmud Babatunde Baker John Mayokun Dada Saka Aleshinloye Kwara State Pension Board Basit Olatunji Balogun Gambari Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory Ilorin Talaka Parapo Gobirawa Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf Gurei GAMA Kwara Apc Bello Oyebanji Susan Modupe Oluwole Wahab Isa Abiodun Musa Aibinu Yeketi C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng Economic And Financial Crimes Commission Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed N-Power Kwara Volleyball Association Ogbondoroko Goodluck Jonathan Bolakale Ayo Quareeb Islamic Association Rasheed Jimoh High Court Musa Alhassan Buge Nurudeen Muhammed Edret Sabi Abel Ajasse-Ipo Undergraduate Bursary Wahab Kunle Shittu Kwara Liberation Group Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan Yetunde Balogun Basic Education Certificate Examination Durbar Kumbi Titilope COVID-19 Palliatives Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi IPSAS March 28 Kunle Suleiman Esinrogunjo Hussein Oloyede Code Of Conduct Bureau Abdulraufu Mustapha Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab Christian Association Of Nigeria Bola Olukoju Babs Iwarere CACOVID Kwara University Of Education Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu Okanlawon Musa Isin Popo-Igbonna

