Properties worth millions of Naira have been destroyed in a fire outbreak that gutted the Railway market in Bauchi. Malam Sani Garba who spoke on behalf of the affected victims confirmed that SEMA has conducted an assessment on the damages disclosing that 11 shops and 2 houses were affected by the fire disaster. Meanwhile, Bauchi State Governor, Sen Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed has pledged to provide quick intervention to those affected by the fire disaster at the Railway market in Bauchi metropolis. The governor who made the pledge when he visited the market on Sunday, sympathized with the affected victims urging them to take it as an act of Allah. He said that already the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has conducted a needs assessment of the degree of the damages caused by the disaster with a view to providing them with relief materials.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 02, 2020 18:22 UTC