Dr. Olayemi Oyebanji, Wife of Ekiti State Governor has disclosed her readiness to commence a market outreach tagged Aya Gomina N Be Oja Wo (Governors Wife Visits Markets) to all parts of the state to patronise local market women and also empower indigent traders.
Dr. Oyebanji at a meeting with Iyalojas (market leaders) in all local government areas of the state held in her office said her husband, Biodun Oyebanji, was very much concerned about high prices of foodstuffs and other household commodities in markets in the state, also appealed to market women not to take advantage of the prevailing economic situation to inflict more hardship on the people of the state.
She categorically pleaded for adjustment of prices of foodstuffs and other commodities that are not purchased with foreign exchange in the interest of the ordinary citizens who find the present situation of things difficult.
I want to plead with you my mothers, you are leaders in your respective markets, those commodities that are not affected by the dollar, let their prices come down. We should not take advantage of the present situation to take undue advantage of our people.
Lets go to our markets and engage other market women. We must look for ways to ameliorate the suffering of our people. This storm will not last but the little we can do to lessen the pain, let us do it for our people to be relieved, she said.
Dr. Oyebanji, while talking about her husband programmes on palliatives said governor recently rolled out some palliative measures including a N12 billion economic lifeline including payment of arrears of salaries, pensions, increment in subvention to tertiary institutions, N331 million approved for purchase of food items for distribution in all local government areas, free transportation for workers and students, among others.
The meeting was attended by the Commissioner for Investment, Trade and Industry, Mrs. Tayo Adeola; Special Adviser on Gender Empowerment, Mrs. Kemisola Olaleye and Director General, Office of Community Communications, Mrs. Mary Oso-Omotoso.
