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.
Ilota Bashiru Makama Kwara State University Of Education Share Lateef Alagbonsi Okedare Toyosi Thomas Sheriff Olanrewaju Olugbense Abdulrazaq Magaji Arinola Lawal Ahmad Uthman Mohammed Yisa Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir Edu RTEAN CACOVID Palliatives Yusuf Abdulkadir Kwara State Health Insurance Agency MalHub Ilorin Muslim Community First Lady Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa IHS Towers Abiodun Abdulkareem Park Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations Oro Grammar School Old Students Association Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development Bola Sagaya PPS Raliat AbdulRazaq IDPU International Public Sector Accounting Standards Muhammed Akanbi Aisha Ahman Pategi M.Y. Abdulrahaman Susan Modupe Oluwole Ayobami Seriki Oju Ekun Sarumi Firdaos Amasa ASUU Olaosebikan Esinniobiwa Quareeb Idris Garuba Ishaq Abdulkarim Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah Dan-Kazeem FOMWAN Shaaba Lafiagi Olatunde Oyeyiola Gwanara Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin Saliu Alamoyo Saliu Tunde Bello Adedipe Saheed Popoola Christopher Tunji Ayeni Abdulmajeed Wahab Quarry Royal Valley Salihu Ajibola Ajia Katibi Ibraheem Adeola Abegunde Goke Binta Abubakar Mora Muyideen Ajani Bello Oloje Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa Edret Sabi Abel Sarakite Yusuf Zulu-Gambari Woro Malete SSA Youth Dele Belgore Michael Ologundea ASKOMP Yetunde Balogun

