Ogun Market Fire: Dapo Abiodun Promises Relief For Traders

Ogun state Governor, Dapo Abiodun on Tuesday visited the site of the fire outbreak that engulfed the popular Sabo market in Sagamu and promised to rebuild the market soon.

Odunews.com had earlier reported that the popular market was gutted by fire in the early hours of Tuesday damaging all parts of the market.

Reacting to the incident, Abiodun says that the state’s government will rebuild the market quickly and put measures in place to ensure it does not happen again in the future.

“We will also look at how to ensure the efficiency of our fire service. Please, I want to enjoin you to be patient and calm. Give the government some time, we will do everything we can to bring succour and relief to all those that are affected.

“We must learn a lesson from what has happened here overnight, this must not happen in any of our markets again.”

He promised that his administration would embark on a relief exercise for the affected traders.

He said “My visit today (Tuesday) has thrown up a few things, we must now begin to look at our markets, how to ensure that we don’t have a repeat of what has happened here today (Tuesday).

“We must find a way to guard against this occurrence in the future, we also need to look at our market designs, how accessible are they, how easily accessible are they for fire engines in the case of an eventuality like this.

“We are going to take a count and enumerate all those that have been affected by this fire, I will immediately reach out to them, so we can bring some succour to them.

“We will try and see how we can give them some reliefs because a lot has been lost in the fire, so, we will try and figure how we can bring some reliefs to them, while also taking stock and looking at how to reconstruct this market as soon as possible.”

The governor, while acknowledging the Akarigbo of Remo land, Oba Babatunde Ajayi, appreciated the fire service and its men for promptly attending to the disaster.

In his response, the Akarigbo of Remo land urged the affected traders to be patient with the state government in its quest to rebuild the market and also offer relief materials to them.