By Bisola Adeyemo
Affected traders of Shehu Shagari Modern Market fire in Sokoto, has received various relief materials from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Thursday.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Director-General (D-G) of NEMA, Alhaji Mustapha Habib, handed over the materials to the State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Manniru Dan’iya, for onward distribution to the affected traders.
Habib, who was represented by Mr Aliyu Shehu, Head of Sokoto Field Office of NEMA, said the items were the interim support to cushion the hardship faced by the affected traders.
He said that President Muhammadu Buhari approved the gesture through the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Safiya Farouq.
Responding, the deputy governor commended the Federal Government for the gesture, saying it would go a long way to reduce the hardship being faced by the victims of the fire disaster.
Dan’iya assured that preparation had reached an advanced stage for the reconstruction of the market, noting that work would soon begin.
Speaking on behalf of the traders, the market board chairman, Alhaji Ibrahim Milgoma, promised that the items would be judiciously distributed to the affected traders.
