Market women at two major Markets; Mandate Ultra-Modern Market, Adewole and Ipata Market, in Ilorin metropolis, Kwara State, have rejected the Federal Government’s Social Investment Programme, Trader-Moni.
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, was in Ilorin, to launch the programme, on Friday, but the Market women, it was gathered, turned down Osinbajo’s offer.
The Leadership of the Market Association in the State, was said to have turned down the offer, on the ground that “the disbursement of such funds at this period, has political undertones.”
The Market women, according to sources close to their Leaders, told Osibanjo and those in charge of the fund disbursement, to differ the disbursement till after next year’s general elections, if their intention is genuine.
The Chairperson of Market Women Association in the State, Adenike AbdulKareem Lambe, confirmed the rejection of the Trader-Moni, by members of the Association.
“We doubt the intention of the Federal Government, on the disbursement of such funds at this period of electioneering campaigns, towards the 2019 general elections.
“If they truly want to assist the Market women, they should come back after next year’s general elections, to disburse the funds to our members.
“We cannot be deceived by the APC government, that has not done anything for us in the past three years. Where were the APC-led Federal Government when fire razed our Market and consumed goods worth millions of Naira?”
Hajia Lambe also recalled, that Senate President, Bukola Sarak,i recently donated N5 million towards the construction of their Union’s Secretariat.
She expressed the Market women’s continued support for the Senate President, saying that: “Saraki has always stood by us, and supports us whenever the need arises.
She said that no amount of overture from the APC-led Federal Government “will make us sway our support for Saraki.”
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