The Anambra State governor, Chief Willie Obiano has given out the sum of N100 million to victims of Ochanja market fire disaster.
The governor disbursed the compensation funds to the fire victims who were about 700 in number at a ceremony at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia, yesterday.
The victims consisted mainly of shop owners in Ochanja market who lost their wares to the inferno which happened last month as a result of the falling of a petrol tanker at Upper Iweka, Onitsha.
A committee headed by the deputy governor, Dr Nkem Okeke which worked to identify the victims for compensation, said a total of 10 persons sustained varying degrees of injury, while a total of six people died as a…
Source: Nigerian Tribune
