Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Barau Jibrin, on Sunday, visited Farm Centre, Kano’s largest phone market, to sympathise with the traders affected by Friday’s inferno.
During the visit, Barau announced the donation of gadgets worth N200 million to the victims of the inferno as part of efforts to cushion the impact of the disaster.
In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Ismail Mudashir, the senator described the fire outbreak as a test from Allah and emphasised the market’s significance in youths engagement and employment in the state.
The lawmaker, who was received by a large crowd of traders and residents, also donated a Hilux vehicle, five motorcycles, a pedestrian bridge, and 1,000 solar-powered street lights to improve security in the market.
When the news of the fire outbreak reached me on Friday, I was shocked and promised to come and sympathise with you.
“We are all proud of you and this market. Thousands of our youths earn a living here.
