Gov Zulum sets up committee to investigate market fire
Governor Babagana Zulum has set up a 24-member high-powered investigation committee on the Maiduguri Monday Market fire.
The market was razed on Sunday.
This is contained in a statement on Tuesday by the secretary to the state government, Usman Shuwa.
The committee will also handle emergency relief assistance to victims of the fire.
According to the statement, the committee’s terms of reference include determining the immediate and remote causes of the fire disaster to assess and ascertain whether or not there are specific individuals who may be directly or indirectly responsible for the incident.
The committee, he said, is also to examine the magnitude of the fire incident and the extent of damage to the structures and assess the type of relief assistance to the inferno victims.
It would also determine the number of persons who suffered the losses and establish the amount of property each person lost to the fire disaster.
The committee has Zarami Dungus as chairman, while the secretary of Monday Market will serve as the committee secretary.
The Borno government released N1 billion as a relief package for the victims.
(NAN)
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