Explosive Drama as Kano Involves EFCC, Police in Controversial N8bn Singer Market Fire Relief Distribution

The Kano State Government has announced that it included the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, the Nigeria Police Force, and other security agencies in the Distribution Committee handling the Federal Government’s N8 billion relief fund for victims of the Singer Market fire.

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Explosive Drama as Kano Involves EFCC, Police in Controversial N8bn Singer Market Fire Relief Distribution

The committee, set up to address issues surrounding the Singer Market inferno and led by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Umar Faruk, also carried out an inspection visit to the market to evaluate the level of damage firsthand.

Umar Faruk emphasized that transparency and fairness remain the guiding principles of the committee, assuring affected traders that justice would be strictly upheld in distributing the financial support.

“As you can see all these Federal Government anti-corruption bodies and the police and other top security agencies are not just involved but to critically ensure that every person’s affected is attended to,” he said.

He appealed to the affected victims to be honest while declaring their losses to the committee in order to ensure fairness.

“We expect that every marketer who is affected by the fire would be honest and fair to God by openly showing us his losses and the remaining goods that were saved so that everyone would be treated justly,” he said.

The chairman of Kano Singer Market, Barrister Mohammad Zakari Junaid, said all anti-corruption agencies and security bodies were incorporated into the committee to ensure justice and fairness.
He reassured that the funds would be judiciously utilised.

In his remarks, the representative of the Commissioner of Police, ACP Jauro, said the Nigeria Police would not relent in ensuring adequate security across the entire market, with a view to promoting the status of Kano as the commercial nerve centre of sub-Saharan Africa.

Also speaking, Sarkin Fadan Kano, Alhaji Ado Kurawa, said the Emirate sympathised with the business community over the sad incident of the Singer Market inferno, urging traders to cooperate with the committee to ensure the successful execution of its assignment.