Di pipo wey di fire burn for Alesinloye Market, Ibadan on Tuesday don tok say na about 90 pipo di fire affect, no be 500 like some media dey report.
Dis one dey happen as Oyo State Government don tell di victims make dem work wit Oyo State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) so dem go fit do better counting and confirm di real number of pipo wey di fire affect.
Oyo State Deputy Governor, Bayo Lawal, yarn dis one on Friday wen im meet wit di Plastic and Cooler Sellers from Alesinloye Market wey suffer pass for di fire wahala. Im tok say na di victims sabi demsef well-well, so na dem go fit give beta figure.
Di statement wey Special Adviser (Media) to di Governor, Dr Sulaimon Olanrewaju, sign, tok say di Deputy Governor don direct Oyo SEMA make dem do full counting and confirmation of di victims so di government no go dey confused wit fake numbers.
Lawal assure di traders say government go support dem, and dem don already carry bulldozer enter di market to clear di place. Im tok say di Governor Seyi Makinde government dey listen to di people, and dem go work wit di victims to help dem recover.
E warn some pipo wey wan use di fire take play politics say e no make sense to use di traders’ loss do politics.
Di Deputy Governor tok say:
- “We don hear different numbers, but una wey be di traders don tok say na about 85 pipo di fire really affect, so na di correct number we go follow. Oyo SEMA go set up office for di market, and di victims go go one by one give dem dia phone number, shop number, and odas.”
As di traders beg say make government no demolish di market, di Deputy Governor tok say di main focus now na to help dem recover, and any oda mata go follow later.
Di Chairperson of di Plastic and Cooler Sellers Association, Mrs. Taiwo Lawal, tok say di victims dey happy say government dey reason dia matter. She beg say if government wan rebuild di market, make dem allow traders fix dia shops by demsef.
She say:
- “We see bulldozer for di market yesterday, and some of us sleep for di market because we dey fear say dem wan demolish am. But now di Deputy Governor don explain say na to clear di place, and dem go discuss wit us before any redevelopment.”
Di meeting wey dem do get di Commissioner for Trades and Commerce, Adeniyi Adebisi, and di Director of Oyo SEMA, Mrs Ojuolape Busari.
