Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno state has announced a donation of N50 million to the 75 victims of GSM Market fire disaster which engulfed the market after close of business on Thursday night last week.
This is as the cause of the inferno was yet to be unravelled as the market does not use electricity source for about two years ago now. The market currently rely on personal stand by generators and solar energy as sources of electricity between 8 am and 6 pm daily.
The governor out of his usual magnanimity announced the N50 million cash donation when he personally visited the GSM Jagwal market Sunday night on his arrival from official trip to Saudi Arabia along with President Muhammadu Buhari and other governors.
Zulum sympathised with the victims and prayed Allah to avert future reoccurrence.
“May Almighty Allah in his infinite mercy avert future occurrence; I wish to express my appreciation to the fire service, the Nigerian Police and all other paramilitary agencies that worked tirelessly to curtail the fire outbreak. I am hereby announcing the sum of N50 million to support the victims,” Zulum said.
While addressing the marketers after the donation, the governor announced plans to relocate the GSM market to its permanent site built by the immediate past governor of the state, Kashim Shettima at Bulunkutu AP Yan Nono along Old Jos Road.
