Following Tuesday’s fire inferno that engulfed the Sokoto central market, governor Aminu Tambuwal has constituted a high-powered committee, to investigate the incident and make recommendations to the state government.
The governor, who aborted an official trip outside the state to visit the Gandu scene of the fire disaster, said the committee which would be inaugurated soon, will be led by the deputy governor, Manir Dan’Iya.
Tambuwal gave the terms of reference of the committee are to: 1) ascertain the remote and immediate causes of the inferno; 2) assess the extent of the damages wrought by the incident; 3) recommend compensation for those who lost their property; and 4) make recommendations on how to forestall future occurrence.
Members of the cmmittee are the Chairman of the State House of Assembly (SOHA) Committee on Commerce; the Commissioners for Commerce and his counterpart of Lands and Housing, Bashir Gidado and Aminu Bala Bodinga, respectively.
Others are the representative of the Sultanate Council; the Director-General of the Central Market; Director-General of the state Fire Service; Alhaji Ibrahim Milgoma; the President of the state Chamber of Commerce; the respective chairmen of the state traders association and the Central Market Traders, Shiekh Bello Yabo and Alhaji Namadina AbdulRahman.
