Fire Guts Popular Yobe Market

Fire has gutted the popular Yobe market.

Gatekeepers News fire has destroyed several shops and goods worth millions of naira at the Nguru popular central market in Yobe, northeastern Nigeria.

The Chairman of the Nguru Local government council, Madu Kachalla while confirming the incident said no life was lost but many businessmen who have shops were severely affected by the disaster.

Although the cause of the fire incident is yet to be known, sources said it might have been caused by illegal electrical connections.

Nguru is one of the populous local governments in which Governor Mai Mala Buni has almost completed the construction of a modern market to reduce congestions.

Governor Mai Mala Buni, while reacting to the report in a statement on Saturday described the incident as sad and unfortunate.

According to him, the yearly reoccurrence of the fire incident has continued to rob traders of their means of livelihood.

The governor, however, promised that the government would continue to explore means of making life meaningful to the people.

The statement read in part, “This explains why this administration is committed to building modern markets with fireproof materials across the state to safeguard our traders and their means of livelihood.

“Government will ensure timely completion of the markets and allocate them to our traders to improve their means of livelihoods” the statement read in part.

Governor Buni also directed the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) to assess the damages and furnish the government with the details.