Kano
state government has inaugurated a 12 - man Commission of inquiry to
resolve the recent Singer Market Fire Incidence and similar fire
outbreaks in Kano city.
Inaugurating
the commission at the Government House on Monday, the state governor,
Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje said it is mandated to determine the
immediate and remote cause of the fire as well as ways to avert
recurrence of fire outbreaks in markets across the state.
He
added that it is also saddled with the responsibility of assessing the
extent of damage done to infrastructure and property as well as the
affected victims.
The
governor lamented that in the past, the state had witnessed several
fire disasters in which property and lives were lost, in markets and
boarding schools, noting that as such times, people were bothered about
the loss rather than the reasons for the frequent outbreak.
He
therefore charged the commission to do a thorough job and to submit its
report within six weeks. He also appealed to the people to volunteer
information that would lead to unraveling the causes of the fire
outbreaks.
Responding,
the chairman of the commission, Justice Wada Rano (rtd) said although
the assignment is very challenging, members would put in their best to
justify the mandate.
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