Makinde Pledges Support For Victims Of Oyo Market Fire Incident Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde has commiserated with traders who vanished their properties in a fire disaster that happened midnight of Wednesday at the popular Alesinloye Market in Ibadan, offering immediate endorse for the victims.
The governor who was represented by his deputy, Barr Bayo Lawal, expressed the government’s sympathy to the victims of the fire catastrophe during an on-the-spot assessment of the incident.
Governor Makinde revealed the government would analyze the monotonous of damage and provide immediate endorse to victims once it gets a full disclose of the incident.
He directed the Ibadan South-West Local Government and the Local Council Development Authority (LCDA) to ensure that adequate security was put in place at the market and to prepare a comprehensive report on the cause of the fire.
The governor furthermore summoned on the market leaders to estimate the number of shops affected by the incident.
“On behalf of His Excellency, Governor Seyi Makinde, I have come here today to commiserate with you over the sad incident. We thank God that no life was departed.
“This is a huge and popular market. It is so painful. Please, rest assured that the government will do the needful in terms of immediate endorse. It is our prayer that such will not occur again.
“This fire incident is sad, because this market has been in existence for quite more or less time and our men and women have been plying their trades peacefully here.
“As the government, we have come to empathise and to dissect the monotonous of damage that has been done as a result of the inferno.
“We have come and seen, and we have further met with market men and women. The fire was exalted because of the kind of trade (plastic business).
“So, you can expect that it would disseminate like a wildfire. Nevertheless, we thank God Almighty that no life was vanished.
“As a government, we will do the needful in terms of immediate encourage through the Oyo State Emergency Management Agency (Oyo SEMA),” the deputy governor disclosed.
He inserted that the state government will further work with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) as well as public-spirited people to give immediate encourage to the victims of this incident.
He prioritised that the Aleshinloye Market endures one that is central to commercial activities in Oyo State.
“People come all the way from Benin Republic, Ivory Coast and Niger Republic to trade here. So, the state government will do something,” Barr Lawal assured.
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Published 3/13/2025