Nasarawa to establish MDB
By __________________________________________________________________________________
By SUMAILA
UMAISHA, Kaduna.
Nasarawa State
Government has concluded plans to establish a Market Development
Board to coordinate the activities of traders and other commercial
ventures in the State.
The Governor, Alhaji Aliyu Akwe Doma, disclosed this in Lafia
recently while receiving a report on fire incidences at the Lafia
and Doma markets.
He called on citizens to guard against attitudes that could result
in fire disaster at home, office or in the market.
Governor Doma commended the committee for a job well done, assuring
that government will study the committee’s recommendations with the
view to implementing them.
Earlier, the Chairman of the committee, Alhaji Ja’afaru Ango, while
presenting the report, identified lack of access road into the Lafia
market as one of the factors responsible for the severe damage on
the market since access problem constituted impediment to the smooth
operation of men of the fire service.
“Government should ensure the provision of standard fire-fighting
equipment in all the markets as well as embark on the training and
retraining of the fire fighting personnel,” he said.
The committee also recommended to government to build an
ultra-modern market in Lafia and in all the Local Government
headquarters across the state.
In January this year, fire gutted Lafia and Doma markets causing the
destruction of property worth millions of Naira, which prompted the
state government to set up the committee to investigate the causes
of the fire disaster in the two markets and recommend appropriate
measures against future occurrence.
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