By VINCENT UJUMADU
AWKA — FOLLOWING the
midnight fire that gutted
Ekwulobia Main Market in
Aguata Local Government
Area of Anambra State and
property worth millions of
naira destroyed, the member
representing Aguata Federal
Constituency in the House of
Representatives, Mrs.
Eucharia Azodo, has solicited
the assistance of National
Emergency Management
Agency, NEMA, and State
Emergency Management
Agency, SEMA, to enable the
victims start their businesses
again.
About 100 traders were
affected by the fire which
completely destroyed the
electronics section of the
market and some nearby
houses.
Addressing the victims at the
burnt market, weekend, Azodo
observed that the affected
traders had lost all their life
savings and, therefore, needed
life-line to enable them
continue their businesses.
Azodo also said she would
sponsor a motion under
matters of urgent public
importance at the National
Assembly for possible Federal
Government assistance
because of the level of
destruction. and to ensure that
NEMA intervened without
unnecessary delay, in view of
the hardship being faced by
the victims.
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