Fire guts Kwara property

Properties worth over N10 million were lost in inferno which gutted the Kwara State Government leased property, Patigi Regatta Motel in Patigi Local Government area.

The fire incident, which occurred on January 21, affected 10 rooms of the  25-room motel.

Conducting Journalists round the motel, the Managing Director of the Motel, Alhaji Alfa Mustapha-Rifun, expressed shock over the incidence, describing it as a set back to his efforts in giving the edifice a face-lift.

Alhaji Mustapha-Rifun who attributed the cause of the incident to power surge said the fire incident affected all the section of the motel already renovated.

He explained that his decision to take over the property was borne out of the desire to complement the efforts of the government in raising internally generated revenue.

Alhaji Mustapha-Rifun appealed to the state government to intervene with relief and incentive to assist in realising the mandate of putting the state’s property into proper functioning.

Reacting to the development, the immediate past state Head of Service, Alhaji Dabarako Muhammad sympathised with the owner, describing the incident as unfortunate.

Alhaji Muhammad who is one of the Chiefs in the community said he was a member of the State Government Committee that visited the motel before the property was leased, pointing out that the fire incident is a setback to the community and the state government.