Ignoring Lagos victims, Tinubu donates N50m for Katsina market fire

 Ignoring Lagos victims, Tinubu donates N50m for Katsina market fire

A blazing inferno engulfed the Katsina Central Market Monday morning.

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu donated N50 million to support the victims of the Katsina Central Market affected by the inferno that destroyed properties on Monday.

Mr Tinubu’s donation is considered politically motivated philanthropy as the politician who is eyeing the 2023 presidential slot has not been recorded to make any donation to victims of the dozens of market fire mishaps that befell his Lagos base in the recent past.

The former Lagos governor visited the Katsina state governor, Aminu Masari on Wednesday, to condole with the state government and people affected by the fire incident.

Mr Tinubu who addressed a press conference in Katsina explains that the purpose of his visit to the states is to sympathise with the victims, while he emphasises that there is a need to promote unity and brotherhood among Nigerians.

Mr Tinubu encouraged traders to commence commercial activities in the market despite the level of damages caused by the fire.

A blazing inferno engulfed the Katsina Central Market Monday morning. Belated efforts by the Fire Service to put out the fire counted for little as many properties were burnt down.

Traders affected by the fire were unable to point to the cause of the fire at the market, some government stakeholders had visited the scene where the fire occurred.

EAGLESFORESIGHT exclusively reported how Mr Tinubu has become a subject of urgent interest to the nation’s anti-graft body, EFCC, who are scrupling his asset declaration documents with the Code of Conduct Bureau for possible infringements.

The APC leader was a major supporter of  President Muhammadu Buhari candidacy during the 2015 and 2019 presidential elections, and is hoping that Mr Buhari’s North will return the favour in 2023. 

The major wedge to his ambition has, however, been from some of the region’s top power brokers who loathe his primitive wealth acquisition.

His junket across the North, viz a viz his philanthropy is seen as a ploy to warm himself into the hearts of the critical mass of the region.