Edo records 200 fire outbreak in nine months

A total of 200 cases of fire outbreak were recorded between January and September in Edo state, the Commissioner for Youth and Special Duties, Mr Mika Amanokha has disclosed.

Amanokha who spoke in Benin yesterday while presenting the achievements of the ministry to members of the Edo State House of Assembly, however, noted that a lot of properties were saved during the inferno and a no life was lost.

According to him, a total of N15,323 million was generated internally by the ministry from renewal fees by social clubs, voluntary organizations, churches among others.

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Amanokha who attributed the low revenue generation to the ongoing renovation of the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium disclosed that a sum of N24 million was actually the revenue target for the period.

He expressed optimism that the targeted revenue would be realised within the months of the year, as more social activities do take place during the Yuletide period.

The Speaker, Alhaji Kabiru Adjoto advised the commissioner to improve on its revenue generations by exploring all the necessary avenues within its jurisdiction.

Adjoto, however, raised the alarm on the influx of commercial sex workers that mill around the House of Assembly legislative quarters and its environs between 9 pm to dawn and urged the ministry to urgently put machinery in motion to check the ugly trend.

The commissioner responded that it was not the jurisdiction of the ministry to stop the commercial sex workers from the areas, however, added that information available to the ministry indicated that they are business people and that the ministry has no right to stop them from plying their trade.