By Ovat Abeng
The Special Adviser to Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State on Youth Empowerment Programmes, Dr Nelson Omenugha, has sympathized with his people, those that lost their means of livelihood as a result of the fire outbreak that affected some shops at Afor Nnobi market in Idemili south local government area of the State.
He appreciated the efforts of Nnobi youths and high-spirited individuals who moved swiftly to put out the fire,
According to him, upon hearing the news of the unfortunate incident, I rushed to the market to have a firsthand information about the incident and to ensure that the fire was put out.
“Governor Soludo is committed to the safety and security of Ndi-Anambra.
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“Relevant institutions are being empowered to work towards a state where emergencies like this are fully contained with minimalising casualties;”
“people should always carefully manage their electrical gadgets to avoid such incident, he advised.
While advocating for quick public response mechanism to curtailed future occurrence in the state, the SA noted that Governor Soludo is assiduously putting all necessary structures in place to contain any kind of emergency in the state.
He also assured the victims of support within his capacity to curb the effect of their losses.
It was gathered that the fire outbreak that occurred at the early hours of Wednesday damaged goods worth millions of naira.