The Oyo State Government says it incurred between N15 million and N20 million weekly on accommodation and feeding for the victims of the Bodija explosion for the past eight weeks.
The State Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, made this known in a statement on Monday following reports that it had kicked out and abandoned the victims of the Bodija explosion.
He explained that the victims were relocated to another hotel at Jericho to allow for fumigation of their previous hotel at Idi-Ape.
Giving a breakdown of funds spent so far, Oyelade stated that the government had spent over N160 million on accommodation and feeding of the victims, saying 38 victims were still being housed in seven hotels in highbrow areas.
He added that the government has been spending N2 million weekly for the past eight weeks on security to protect the explosion area.
As he said, the state government has picked up the medical bills of the victims to the tune of about 17 million naira while attending to those still in hospitals.
