Kano state Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has urged members of the public, especially women using firewood, cooking gas and charcoal to handle fire with care and cultivate the habit of switching off electrical appliances whenever they were going out or going to bed, to avoid incidents of fire outbreaks during the harmattan season.
Ganduje, represented by the Executive Secretary of Kano Emergency Management Agency State, Dr Saleh Jili, gave the advice during the distribution of relief materials to flood victims in Kiru local government area of the state.
The governor also called on residents to desist from dumping refuse and clear their drainages to avert flooding.
Ganduje said 306 victims of flood and 100 vulnerable persons benefitted from the 7,415 bags of grains approved by President Muhammadu Buhari from the National Strategic Reserve Stock to be distributed in Kano.
Ganduje praised Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Dr Bola Tinubu, for donating relief materials to flood victims in the state.
