The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, in Lagos state has reported that over 1200 business have lost their business in the Tejuosho market, the market is a textile market and the artisans who work there specialize in diifferent kind of fabrics, According to the report, over 1200 artisans have been rendered jobless by the out break of the fire incident. the out break actually took place a few days ago, precisely on Tuesday being the first day of the month, you can imagine the frustration even as the new month begins.
The Director-General, NEMA, Mustapha Ahmed, was represented by the Zonal Coordinator, South West NEMA. Ibrahim Farinloye, He himself also confirmed that over 1600 industrial weeping and straight sewing machine, have been completely damage in the out break that hite the textile market. Till now the true cause of the outbreak is yet to be known but like we all know that rumoures have it that someone was trying to fill up the tank of a working generator and that lead to the fire outbreak.
I don't really know why we in Nigeria are really having a bad time this year, if it is not the north, you will be hearing of the east, if not them, it will west or south, but i do think that if we try our little best to take instructions and take responsibility for our actions, we will do well to cut tail some of these menses.
The Director general in his consolation speech said that the victims should look at the situation as an opportunity for a greater success and not set back. but my question now is how?, because so much resources have been wasted and can not be regained in a short time.
From the report so far, we have seen that this the second fire outbreak experienced at Tejuosho market in Yaba, the first one was the outbreak at a building in Victoria island, so far videos have flooded the internet but no live is recorded to be lost.
The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Response Management Agency (LASEMA), Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, said that emergency responders are at the scene of the Yaba fire. “Our team is on the ground,” he said. “There have been no casualties so far. We are on top of the situation.”
Margaret Adeseye, the director of the Lagos Fire and Rescue Service, in an update via Twitter said the fire gutted the “Tailor Market behind the ultra modern Tejuosho Market, Yaba, Lagos.” link.
I sincerely sympathize with the victims, and pray that this will not happen soon, more so i plead that as fellow Nigerians we should be careful, little carelessness can cause a massive destruction like we have seen here in this market, to some og these guys, it might have been their life time investment and will take a little more long time to regain momentum and push the business again, some may not even venture into the same business again, for many reasons, so there is need for caution to be taken to avoid this kind from happening again. thanks for stopping by 