President Bola Tinubu has directed Vice President Kashim Shettima to lead a high-powered Federal Government delegation to Kano on account of the Saturday Singer Market fire disaster.
The delegation which will arrive Kano today will convey Tinubu’s sympathies to traders who lost billions of naira in the Saturday fire.
The fire, which reportedly started on Saturday evening and continued into Sunday morning, caused extensive damage to the market.
Tinubu expressed sadness that the incident was the second at the same market in less than two weeks.
Reports say over 1,500 shops, containers razed in Singer Market inferno, losses exceed ₦5bn
Thereafter, thier is expected to be a rally at the Sani Abacha Stadium where the Vice President would receive the governor Abba Yusuf into the party.
Members of the delegation include Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, and Deputy Senate President, Sen. Barau Jibrin.
Others are Sen. Kawu Ismaila and Rep. Abubakar Kabir Bichi, Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation.
Also on the delegation are the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Dr Bernard Doro, and the Director-General of NEMA, Mrs Zubaida Umar.
The President had earlier spoken on telephone with Gov. Abba Yusuf to obtain a situation report on the incident.
Tinubu also directed a comprehensive investigation into the causes of recurrent market fires.
(Editor: Roluke Ogundele)
