Ojodu Local Council Development Area (LCDA) Executive Chairman, Mr David Olusegun Odunmbaku, has sympathised with the shop owners of the popular Odo-Eran Plank market over the fire incident that razed the market.
The inferno started in the wee hours of Sunday and affected many shops and destroyed goods worth millions of Naira.
The council chair during visit to the scene expressed worry over the fire disaster.
Odunmbaku called on shop owners and market authorities to be fire-conscious in order to protect lives and property.
He advised that fire fighting equipments should be installed in shops and at strategic areas in the markets.
He, though, applauded the combined efforts of the firefighters from government agencies, companies and individuals that brought the fire under control.
The council-manager, Engr. Dele Abayomi commended the council boss for his proactiveness to plight of business owners and residents.
The market leaders, Mrs Oriyomi Arogundade and Mr Ilesanmi Bamidele Buhari, also praised Odunmbaku for being effective.
*Jumu’ah Abiodun*
_*Chief Press Secretary*_
*Ojodu LCDA*
