Kano State government on Tuesday donated N18.5 million to its indigenes who were victims of the bloody clash between Hausa and Yoruba traders in Sasha market, Akinyele Local government area, Oyo State.
Garba Mohammed, Commissioner for Information in the state, led a delegation to Ibadan to disburse the money, adding that the governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, was concerned about the incident.
He said Ganduje had directed the team to visit the 185 victims and also deliberate on how they can continue their normal businesses in Ibadan.
He said, “We are here on behalf of the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, to bring succour to indigenes of our state who were affected in Sasha market crisis in Ibadan.”
“Although the governor, together with some Northern governors were in Ibadan yesterday, but he has directed us to come and visit our people to know about their welfare and gives them a kind of support so that they can survive.”
Muhammed Sanusi, the Commissioner for Education in the State stated that the support from the state government will be a continuous process, adding that the team will also reach out to other victims who had already left Ibadan for Kano.
Sanusi said, “We have discussed with our people who are directly involved in this crisis, and we are here to support them with little cash for them to get some clothes and food, some of them have only one cloth, we really want to give them support, we have compiled our reports and we are going to submit the reports to state governor.”