As the Eid-El Kabir celebration is fast approaching, the government of the state of Osun has reassured residents of the state of the availability of Industries that will regulate hike in prices of goods and services
The State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Dr. Bode Olaonipekun made this known while addressing journalists and traders in the various markets and other business outlets in various parts of the state.
Accompanied with the Special Adviser to the Governor on Commerce, Mrs Christiana Ogunfolaju and other officials of the ministry, Dr Olanipekun made the disclosure while embarking on market surveys of some markets in the state to know the prices of food items and other consumables ahead of Sallah celebrations scheduled for Tuesday,next week.
Speaking at Oja Tuntun, Ile Ife, Dr Bode Olaonipekun seized the opportunity to state all the series of efforts being put in place by the administration of Mr Adegboyega Oyetola to cushion the effects of skyrocketing prices of goods and services especially in the local and conventional markets. According to him when the arrangements eventually come to fruition, consumables and non consumables would be obtained at relatively subsidized rates in all markets in Osun.
The Commissoner particularly reminded the traders that the administration of Mr Adegboyega Oyetola was not unmindful of the situation of things,price wise ,in all the markets. He expressed confidence in the ability of Oyetola led government to be on top of the situation very soon,saying it is just a matter of time.
The Commissioner who sought more support and understanding of the people of the state of Osun regarding the current situation of things in the market,however stressed the urgent need for governments at all levels to put in place mechanisms that will ensure conducive environment for more industries, small and medium enterprises to spring up.
This ,according to the Commerce and Industry Commissoner in Osun, will bring about developments which in turn will give birth to the availability of products and services in all places.
Earlier ,while moving round the major markets to have an on the spot assessment of the situation of things especially at OtaEfun and Akindeko markets in Osogbo as well as Oja Tuntun in Ile-Ife, the traders lamented the high cost of prices of various items in the markets especially foodstuffs. The unfortunate development, according to them has resulted into low patronage by customers who ordinarily by now because of the upcoming Sallah celebration would have thronged the markets in large number on shopping sprees .
The Commissoner and his entourage also made a market survey in some of the ram markets in Osogbo where an average ram now sells for between Sixty and seventy thousand naira while the relatively large ones go for as much as One hundred and one hundred and twenty thousand naira depending on the size.
Similar scenario ,price wise,also played out when the Commissoner and his team discovered that a 25 litre keg of Vegetable oil is now N25,000 while tubers of yam of six pieces go for N5,000 depending on the sizes.
Other edibles too in the markets where the surveys were carried out revealed same situation of price fluctuations .
Speaking with some of the traders, Monsurat Tewogbade and Ayobami Adedokun, lamented that almost on a daily basis , prices of goods and services are increasing at a geometrical rate .
They however expressed confidence in the ability of the present administration in the state of Osun led by Mr Adegboyega Oyetola to find means of putting smiles back on the faces of sellers and buyers of different goods and services in the various markets.
It would be recalled that as part of its efforts at making the coming Sallah celebrations just like other annual celebrations worthwhile,the administration of Mr Adegboyega Oyetola has again concluded all arrangements through Dr.Bode Olanipekun led Ministry of Commerce and Industries to make free train services readily available to people from Lagos to Osun and back.
It is expected that by tomorrow the first batch of the free train riders from Lagos will arrive the Osogbo railway station at noon with hundreds of passengers aboard the train.
Ademiotan Adegbulugbe
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