The Borno State Government is to investigate the Maiduguri Monday Market fire.
The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Usman Shuwa, who disclosed this said Governor Babagana Zulum has set up a committee to carry out the assignment.
The market was engulfed with fire on Sunday destroying multi-billion naira wares and property.
Shuwa said the committee is also to handle emergency relief assistance to victims of the fire.
He said the committee’s terms of reference include determining the immediate and remote causes of the fire disaster, to assess and ascertain whether or not there are specific individuals who may be directly or indirectly responsible for the incident.
The committee, he said, is also to examine the magnitude of the fire incident and the extent of damage on the structures as well as assess the type of relief assistance to the victims of the inferno.
It would also determine the actual number of persons who suffered the losses and establish the amount of property each of the individuals lost to the fire disaster.
The committee has Engr. Zarami Dungus as Chairman, while the Secretary of Monday Market will serve as the Secretary of the Committee.
The state Government has released N1 billion as a relief package for the victims.
The Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima and the Chairman of Tertiary Institutions Trustful (Tetfund), Kashim Ibrahim made personal donationx of N100 million each.
The market was established about 35 years ago as the Maiduguri Monday Market Ltd, the market, was rated as the largest in the North-east region, and has continued to be the mainstay of the Borno economy.
