A fire outbreak on Sunday destroyed goods worth millions of naira at Nkwo Ogbe Market in Ihiala, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State. 17 October 2021. The market is one of the biggest and densely populated in the area. The fire, which started around 1pm, was said to have lasted for some hours following late arrival of men of the Fire Service who came all the way from Nnewi. It still early to ascertain the cause of fire .



Anambra Govt consoles Ihiala people over market fire

…Pledges to help build a Standard Market

The Anambra State Government has consoled Ihiala people over the fire which destroyed their major market this afternoon, promising to lead the mobilization of the people in planning, designing and building a modern market in the town.


In a message to the people sent through the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr C. Don Adinuba, who is an indigene of the town; the chairman of the Ihiala Local Government Transition Committee, Engineer Jeff Obi; and the Traditional Ruler of Ihiala, Igwe Thomas Obidiegwu, as well as the President General of the Ihiala progress Union, Chief Okey Chukwu, Governor Willie Obiano regretted that “a good number of both the indigenes of the town and people from elsewhere, including outside the state, have lost their means of livelihood”.

The fire, noted the governor, claimed not just buildings and market stalls but also vital goods and perhaps even raw cash.



He said: “This is the wrong time for such a disaster to occur, especially given the prevailing economic condition in the country”.

Chief Obiano promised that a panel would be set up to determine the causes of the fire and also make suggestions on how to prevent possible reoccurrences, noting that “this is the fourth time a fire has occurred in and around this major market in recent years”.



He said his administration would seek to complete the establishment of a fire service in the town, but observed that the facility would be of little value in the market if it is not provided amenities like access roads.

“A situation where the few available access roads in the market are converted to shops which makes it difficult for fire trucks to move into the market to extinguish fire is unacceptable”, he declared.



The governor also remarked that the Nkwogbe market, built in the 1950s, is no longer adequate to meet the challenges of the modern times.

“The market”, he stated, was built “with highly inflammable materials like corrugated iron sheets and planks, and people sold combustible goods like petrol and keresone in all parts”.



Chief Obiano described a standard market well planned with sanitary facilities, an efficient fire service and state of the art electricity as a “desideratum”.

He announced that the state government would work with the Ihiala Progress Union, the Igwe in Council, the Ihiala Local Government, prominent people from the town and other stakeholders like the traders union and the Anambra State Ministry of Trade and Commerce to provide a befitting market.

Governor Obiano described the Anambra State Fire Service officers from Nnewi who extinguished the fire as good professionals, adding that when the fire service station in Ihiala “is completed, there will not be a need for firemen to come from other towns to fight in Ihiala except to reinforce or support local efforts”.

He also lauded Ihiala youth for volunteering to fight the fire before the arrival of firefighters and for cooperating with them when they arrived.

He asked some other communities to learn from Ihiala youth and cooperate with firefighters rather than block their work.
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/10/anambra-govt-consoles-ihiala-people-over-market-fire/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moTsafjtPlI

@1:35 - So they set "2 criminals alight" and the market caught fire?

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Pathetic!

IPOB

Igbo Jews have wicked Igbo Catholics

ogbana lene

Ihiala needs to purge itself of the northerners among them always using murder, arson and attack on police men to taint the town. The northerners come in from imo to commit crime and run back afterwards.

Hope they were able to salvage their goods.

It's never easy to recover from such carnage and they'll surely need support.

May they have the strength to overcome this trial.

May God provide for those who have lost their source of livelihood. This is bad and terrible in all honesty.

But, I still don't hope it is IPOB who did it so as to indirectly make them sit at home.

So sad. Unfortunately the country is practically a dead one, if not, firefighters would have been there in time to curtail the fire and subsequent destruction of goods. Also, an investigation would have been carried out to ascertain the cause of the fire.

DSS at work. Igbo haters

googlepikins:
DSS at work. Igbo haters

when something of such happens, please don't make boring jokes about it. What concerns DSS with fire in the market? Can't you even see an old woman being carried? Where's your sympathy. I blame who do some of una this kind thing.

Anambra again!!

I have been down since around 2pm I heard this news. So pathetic! To make it worse I was imformed the army were the ones who set the market on fire.

Every south east market should have a fire station inside it with all equipment for a fire station, we can't be doing this 10th century business model in our cities

benuejosh:
when something of such happens, please don't make boring jokes about it. What concerns DSS with fire in the market? Can't you even see an old woman being carried? Where's your sympathy. I blame who do some of una this kind thing.

This dumb ass Benue goat again?

Oya take go chop

Things like this will throw some people into long term depression. Not even at this hard times everyone is going through!

googlepikins:


This dumb ass Benue goat again?

Oya take go chop

and you say you're not eating under Buhari's regime. That's evidence. Share the good news among your community and tell them Buhari is feeding people.

IPOB well done. We the true Biafrans are proud of you

May God console those affected..

so disheartening

kk

EVER SINCE BEREM, OKOROAWUSA AND HOPELESS, EVEN ABAGWORO, I STARTED HATING ORLU PEOPLE.


IHIALA IS ORLU, SO WHATEVER MADNESS THEY START IN IMO STATE WILL SURELY ARRIVE IN IHIALA ANAMBRA STATE.

Wait after they burnt the criminals wetin come happen ?

NIGERIA ARMY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BURNING THE MARKET.


THEY DID IT BECAUSE OF THE SIT AT HOME TAKING PLACE EVERY MONDAY.

hammer567:
EVER SINCE BEREM, OKOROAWUSA AND HOPELESS, EVEN ABAGWORO, I STARTED HATING ORLU PEOPLE.


IHIALA IS ORLU, SO WHATEVER MADNESS THEY START IN IMO STATE WILL SURELY ARRIVE IN IHIALA ANAMBRA STATE.

Interesting

Arda1000:
Wait after they burnt the criminals wetin come happen ?

Fire catch market join

baralatie:

Fire catch market join

na wa oo

hammer567:
NIGERIA ARMY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BURNING THE MARKET.


THEY DID IT BECAUSE OF THE SIT AT HOME TAKING PLACE EVERY MONDAY.

Say what you know. The fire started small without your NA at sight, nobody knew it will escalate like this.

adebenson155:
May God console those affected..

so disheartening

Very, very.

To make it worse it happened on Sunday. So many people were not back from church yet. It took alot of phone calls and panic to call people out. Alot were stolen too.

benuejosh:
when something of such happens, please don't make boring jokes about it. What concerns DSS with fire in the market? Can't you even see an old woman being carried? Where's your sympathy. I blame who do some of una this kind thing.

I blame Seun and the Mods for these Rubbish we see here everyday

If only they'll start a “BAN ON SIGHT” to these fools that'll rush to comment Rubbish on this Platform, the better it'd be!

The less fools we'd have, the better

onyeomanono24:


Very, very.

To make it worse it happened on Sunday. So many people were not back from church yet. It took alot of phone calls and panic to call people out. Alot were stolen too.

Stolen

people get mind sha!