Abeg, make I gist you wetin happen for Sokoto State wey go make you shake your head! Fire don raze plenty shops for Old Market early Sunday morning, my people!
As e be, around 10:00 am, as people dey set up their business, fire show face like wahala wey dey sneak up for corner. Na over 50 shops dem dey talk say e gree catch fire, and goods wey worth millions of naira don go up in smoke. Na the governor, Ahmed Aliyu, wey come check wetin dey happen, come show concern like big paddy for community.
Aliyu talk say this fire no be just ordinary matter, e affect everybody for Sokoto State, no be only the traders wey lose their goods. E don vow say government go step in to support those wey dey suffer from this inferno. Abeg hear wetin e talk: “We go stand gidigba for our traders, this government no go abandon una.”
Na true talk be that! As people dey mourn their losses, Aliyu encourage dem make dem no lose hope, say God sabi wetin e dey do. E see Old Market as one big economic center, wey dey feed many families for Sokoto.
The Governor no forget to salute the Sokoto Fire Service wey respond sharp-sharp to control the fire before e spread reach other shops. Chika Sarkin Gishiri, the Chairman of Sokoto State Traders Association, also open mouth say the damage plenty but thank God say no life lost.
Sarkin Gishiri dey appeal to government make dem come rescue their business from this big loss wey don happen. E sweet dem say Aliyu dey always stand by traders for their tough times. “We dey believe say he go always show us support,” na wetin he talk.
NEMA no wan carry last too! Dem deploy their Emergency Response Team wey join hand with Sokoto State Emergency Management Agency to quench the fire sharp. E no easy o, but every hand wey join matter for this one help to limit the damage.
E be like say this fire wey burn shops for Old Market get plenty people wey dey feel am, and we dey hope say the government go move fast support this traders wey dey feel the heat. Right now, nobody no come fit talk how the fire start, but as we dey watch am unfold, make una just dey hope say better days go still come for Sokoto traders.
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