Lagos, Feb. 12, 2024 – Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State will launch a N50, 000 cash transfer to 15,000 beneficiaries under the Lagos TraderMoney initiative on Wednesday.
Abisola Olusanya, the state Commissioner for Agriculture, disclosed this during a one-day sensitisation on market hygiene, food safety, cleanliness, storage, marketing and transportation.
“By Wednesday, which is Valentine’s Day, Mr. Governor will be showing love to our traders in Lagos.
“He promised them N50, 000 each for 15,000 beneficiaries”, the commissioner announced.
Over 500 market men and women from Ikeja and Oshodi Local Government Areas attended the sensitisation programme.
She said the idea of the sentisation programme was to have the hub to sensitise and train traders to understand that the new direction for a 21st century Lagos of our dreams.
“It is for them to understand that this is how it should be; they need to unlearn and relearn trading and the act of selling, merchandising, hygiene and more.
“It is also an avenue for government to also have a one-to-one, personalised interaction with the traders to be able to address their needs, local government by local government and community by community.
“We know the informal sector makes up 60 per cent of our population, and so this is a wonderful avenue for the government to ensure inclusivity for everybody, especially for them.
“That is why we are here today talking to our traders on hygiene, food safety, preservation storage, marketing, transportation. We are also discussing welfare packages that the government has for them,” she said.
Olusanya called for partnership among food producing states to address food insecurity in the country.
She said partnership was the only sure way to address the growing menace. (GBN)
