The Oyo State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has commended the prompt response of Gov. Seyi Makinde to the recent inferno at Dugbe market in Ibadan.
The commendation was contained in a statement jointly signed by the council’s Chairman, Ademola Babalola, and Secretary, Sola Oladapo, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Ibadan.
The union lauded Makinde on his visit to the section of the market gutted by fire, while instituting a special endowment fund to cater for all forms of disasters in the state.
It also sought the intervention of Oyo State Government on the restoration of the recently razed Agidigbo radio, an online station in Ibadan.
The popular radio station owned by Alhaji Oriyomi Hamzat was on April 11 razed by fire while equipment worth several millions of naira were destroyed.
The NUJ described the incident as unfortunate and called on the state government to assist the owner in the reconstruction and restoration of the station.
”This is an unfortunate incident that will no doubt touch the people of the state and lovers of the station directly or indirectly.
” It is a station loved by all and popularly referred to as the station of the masses.
“We sympathise with Mr Hamzat on this ugly incident and call on well-meaning people of the state, including the governor, to support him in restoring the station back to a functional state,” it stated.
