AKESAN MARKET: Makinde Inherited Deplorable Fire Service Equipment From Ajimobi — Oyo PDP to APC. Commiserates With The Victims

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The Oyo State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party has commiserated with the victims of the recent inferno that ravaged Akesan Market in Oyo town, the party in a Press release made available to journalists by the State Publicity Secretary of PDP, Engr Akeem Olatunji, expresses sympathy for those who lost valuable items to the ravaging fire.

While commiserating with the victims expressed disgust with the deplorable state of fire service equipments inherited from Sen Ajimobi led APC government not minding huge resources of Oyo State claimed to have been expended in the last 8 years. 

Is it not wickedness for an APC government who claimed to have spent billions of taxpayers money not to be able to acquire a single fire truck in 8 years thereby endangering lives of millions of Oyo State citizens.

Although fire disaster is a natural occurrence but can be curtailed with adequate equipments on ground unlike the old fire trucks and equipments bought last during former Governor Rashidi Ladoja administration in 2006.

We are unmindful of needs to upgrade the fire fighting techniques and equipments to conform with modern day technology and that's why Governor Seyi Makinde in this year budget planned to do the needful for the smooth operation of Oyo State fire services.

That the Caretaker Chairmen in Oyo land were on ground with the Honourable Commissioner for Environment, Rt. Hon Kehinde Ayoola, Honourable Commissioner for Works, Professor Raphael Afonja, and Honourable Commissioner for Energy, Bar Seun Ashamu, is enough reason to know the seriousness that Governor Seyi Makinde attached to the unfortunate incidence.

PDP as a party believe that the arrival of the 10 Fire fighting trucks and other equipments to replace the obsolete equipments bought 14 years ago will go a long way to combat fire incidence in future.
However, the party is urging Governor Seyi Makinde to tidy up the current investigations into the established corruption allegations against officials of the immediate past APC led administration in other to serve as deterrent to unscrupulous people in future.

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