President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria has directed Vice President Kashim Shettima to lead a high-powered Federal Government delegation to Kano on account of the Saturday Market fire disaster.

This is contained in a statement issued by Presidential Spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, in Abuja.According to the statement, delegation, scheduled to depart Abuja on Monday, will convey Tinubu’s sympathies to traders who lost billions of naira in the Saturday fire.

President Tinubu therefore expressed sadness that the incident was the second at the same market in less than two weeks.

The delegation will also pledge financial assistance to support victims and aid Kano State in facilitating the quick reopening of the market.

Members of the delegation include Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, and Deputy Senate President, Sen. Barau Jibrin.

Others are Sen. Kawu Ismaila and Rep. Abubakar Kabir Bichi, Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation.

Also on the delegation are the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Bernard Doro, and the Director-General of NEMA, Zubaida Umar.

The fire, which reportedly started on Saturday evening and continued into Sunday morning, caused extensive damage to the market.

The President had earlier spoken on telephone with Governor Abba Yusuf to obtain a situation report on the incident.

President Tinubu also directed a comprehensive investigation into the causes of recurrent market fires.