Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has promised traders who
were relocated to all the neighbourhood markets established by the government interest-free
loans to boost their trade.
He gave the promise on Wednesday shortly after completing a
facilities tour of some projects currently being executed by his administration
within Ibadan metropolis.
Governor Ajimobi, who said that the loans would be repaid at
the traders’ convenience, thanked the people of the state for their cooperation
and support for his government’s urban renewal programmes.
``I think generally, things are improving. We are very happy
and you can see that our people are cooperating; everybody has now realized the
need to keep our environment very clean, to make it aesthetically attractive
and to ensure that potential investors can come to Oyo State.
``I am generally happy with the compliance of our people; we
went to the market; those that we removed from the streets are very happy and
we have also promised to assist them financially; we will give them
interest-free loans which they can use to trade.
``We believe that traders are the bedrock of the economy of
the state and we intend to help all our traders but we don’t want people to
trade on the streets any longer,’’ he said.
He appealed to traders who were still trading on the streets
to vacate and move to the neighbourhood markets where necessary facilities were
being provided for their convenience.
The governor also disclosed that the Central Bank of Nigeria
(CBN) had assisted the state government by allocating funds to build a library
at the newly-established Technical University.
Some of the projects inspected by the governor included the
Technical University and the Transformation Housing Estate, both on the
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, as well as the Scout Camp Neighbourhood Market at
Challenge in Ibadan.
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