Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, sympathised with traders who lost their properties in the fire outbreak, which razed the plank market in Bodija area of Ibadan yesterday.
The governor, who was accompanied by some top government functionaries to inspect the scene of the fire disaster and assessed the level of damage, said that his administration will immediately release the sum of N25 million to cushion the effects of the inferno.
He noted that the palliative will provide immediate succour to the victims affected.
The governor equally informed the affected traders that the Ibadan North Local Government Council would rehabilitate the inner roads in the Bodija Market.