VIDEO: Ibeju Lekki LG Residents Benefit From Subsidised Food Items At Community Market

Eko Hot Blog reports that residents of the Ibeju Lekki Local Government of Lagos State have benefited from subsidised food items at the community market.

The Council Chairman, Abdullahi Sesan Olowa, declared the community market open on Thursday.

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The community mareket was open for residents on Wednesday and Thursday.

Ibeju Lekki residents buying subsidised food items at the community market

According to a statement by Olowa’s spokesperson, Akadiri Ayorinde, the Ibeju Lekki LG administration set up the subsidised food market to alleviate hunger in the area.

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“Earlier today, the Council Chairman of Ibeju Lekki Local Government, Hon Abdullahi Sesan Olowa, declared open the community market as food items at subsidised prices of 120 percent added value was sold to residents,” he said.

“This is a step in the right direction towards alleviating hunger in the Council Area as it is expected that the good people of Ibeju-Lekki Local Government will continue to be major beneficiaries of this laudable initiative.”

Ibeju Lekki residents at the community market

The move mimics relief measures announced by Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday.

To address the rising food prices, Sanwo-Olu announced three layers of agricultural interventions.

He said the state government would be distributing combo packages of food items to vulnerable Lagosians, targeting 300,000 households.

Food items at the Ibeju Lekki community market

The governor said the state had concluded the procurement of over 100 trailers of rice and other food items, but currently fine-tuning the logistics for seamless distribution to the beneficiaries.

Sanwo-Olu said Lagos would be opening “Sunday Market” in 42 communities across the state, where staple food would be available for residents to buy at reduced prices.

Shoppers would only be able to buy items not more than N25,000, with each shopper getting 25 per cent rebate immediately after purchase.

The Sunday Market, the governor said, will open for the next five weeks.

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