The Kano State Government in North West Nigeria announced the donation of One Hundred Million Naira to the victims of fire inferno that gutted some shops in the popular Kantin Kwari Textile market recently.
The Governor announced the donation when he led government delegation on a commiseration visit to the market.
Governor Yusuf extended the state government’s commiseration to the affected businessmen whose shops were destroyed by the fire incident.
The Governor said the donation was not a compensation to the loss incurred in the inferno, rather it was meant to mitigate the effects of the damages to the affected traders.
Yusuf assured the intervention of Kano State Government in improving conducive atmosphere and ease of doing business in the market through installation of solar lights, rehabilitation of road network, construction of drainages and provision of motorized boreholes among others.
He implored management of the market to initiate programmes that will assist hundred of thousands of traders to conduct their daily businesses without hitches.
Governor Yusuf assured that, the State government would do all what it takes for Kano to maintain its status as the commercial nerve centre in Northern Nigeria and some West African countries.
Earlier, the Managing Director of Kantin Kwari Market Management Board, Alhaji Hamisu Sa’ad informed the Governor that, 29 shops were razed by the fire and appreciated the quick response of Operatives of the Fire Service and other kind-spirited individuals who fought to quell the spread of the fire to the neighboring buildings.
The chairman of the Market Elders Committee, Alhaji Sabu’u Bako thanked the for his concern to the plight of the affected traders and called on the governor’s help to solve some of the problems bedeviling smooth operations of the market.
Details of the Governor’s visit was contained in a press Press Statement by his Spokesperson, Sanusi Bature.
Olusola Akintonde
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