Former
President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday in Kano, suggested the
installation of modern fire equipment within the markets in the country
so as to combat fire outbreaks.
Chief
Obasanjo, gave the advice in Kano, while condoling with the state
governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and trader, who lost property worth
trillions of Naira, following the fire outbreak, which extensively
razed Sabon Gari market in Kano metropolis.
The
former president also advocated better construction and management of
markets, caution while handling electricity as well as avoiding
improvised wooden structures, capable of fueling fire outbreaks.
“We
should be able to have regulation that stipulates that once you are no
longer in the market at night, only street lights should be on. Lights
within one’s shop or stall should be switched off.
He
also stressed the need for market, store and shop owners to insure
their property to mitigate the impact of unanticipated events like fire
incidents.
Responding,
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, while describing the incident as
unfortunate, promised to provide a framework for modern market
management in Kano, so as to curtail such as fire incidents.
Dr.
Ganduje, who regretted the efforts made by the state fire service to
bring the fire under control in time, attributed the delay to lack of
airborne firefighting equipment.
The
governor appealed to the Federal and State governments, as well as
other organizations to assist victims of the fire outbreak, so as to
alleviate their pain and sufferings, announcing that plans are being
fine tuned to set up an appeal fund to support victims of the recent
market fire outbreaks in the state.
Meanwhile,
Governor Ganduje received members of the state House of Assembly led by
the Deputy Speaker, Hamisu Ibrahim Chidari who sympathized with the
governor over the Sabon Gari market inferno and reassured of
determination to make laws aimed at rejuvenating commercial activities
in the state.
In
a related development, the governor met with market leaders from
Kasuwar Kurmi, Dubai, Na’ibawa ‘Yankatako and ‘Yanlemo markets, on ways
to improve the conditions of markets and arrest fire incidents therein.
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