{"id":51558,"date":"2016-07-26T14:36:24","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T13:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=51558"},"modified":"2016-07-26T14:36:24","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T13:36:24","slug":"fire-disasters-tambuwal-says-sokoto-will-enforce-safety-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/fire-disasters-tambuwal-says-sokoto-will-enforce-safety-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire disasters: Tambuwal says Sokoto will enforce safety rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal said the state government will modernise all\r\nmarkets in the state so as to avoid incidences of fire as recorded in the\r\nstate in recent months.\r\n\r\nSpeaking when visited the scene of the latest fire incidence at Sokoto's\r\nOld Market, Tambuwal said having modern structures in the market place will\r\nensure proper safety procedures are put in place.\r\n\r\nHe said government will enforce safety measures in all public places in\r\norder to ensure protection of lives and property.\r\n\r\n\"In the interim, we are assessing the damage done to this market and we\r\nwill in due course announce special intervention to cushion the effect f\r\nthe disaster on our businessmen and women.\r\n\r\n\"In the long term, the government will put in place adequate safety\r\nmeasures in all our markets and other public places. We will follow that up\r\nto ensure that strict enforcement of all safety measures,\" the Governor\r\nadded.\r\n\r\nWhile sympathising with the victims of the disaster, Tambuwal urged them\r\nnot to despair, but consider their predicament as part of life's trials and\r\ntribulations.\r\n\r\nSpeaking on behalf of shop owners, Malam Muazu Danjabalu commended Tambuwal\r\nfor showing concern over their plight.\r\n\r\nHe said seeing the Governor at the market at midnight when the fire was\r\nrazing the shops was an act of genuine leadership which all others should\r\nemulate.\r\n\r\nHe appealed to government to assist the victims quickly enough for them to\r\nrebuild their lives without further delay.\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal said the state government will modernise all markets in the state so as to avoid incidences of fire as recorded in the state in recent months.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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