Sabur Oluwa, representing Ajeromi-Ifelodun 2 Constituency in the Lagos House of Assembly, has appealed to market men and women to desist from increasing prices of food items arbitrarily.

He made the appeal at the ninth Constituency Stakeholders’ Meeting held at the Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Hall, Lagos.

The theme of the meeting is ”Ensuring Good Security for a Sustainable Future: Youths Participation and Home-Grown Farming.”

The meeting is held annually across the 40 constituencies in the state.

The meeting enables the representative of each constituency to interface with the people on their challenges for intervention.

The lawmaker said food security could not be guaranteed by improved agricultural production alone .

“I want to appeal to you, our market men and women, please resist the urge to inflate the prices of food items.I understand that middle men make things difficult.

“Let us do what we can do at our own end to guard against unnecessary increases,” Mr Oluwa said.

Mr Oluwa commended the turnout of stakeholders at the meeting, describing it as impressive.

“It is impressive. I have always had a very good relationship with the people of this constituency. You can see the turn out.

“This meeting is an avenue for people to talk about the things they need and as a representative, it is my duty to transmit the same to the appropriate quarters for action.

“There is none of the needs of my constituents that is not important.They are all very important, from the provision of infrastructure to economic empowerment ,security, food security and others.

”They are all very important and we have taken their requests and it will be transmitted to the government,” Mr Oluwa told journalists on the sidelines of the programme.

Aso speaking at the meeting, Fatai Ayoola, chairman of Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government, said the council was committed to the welfare of residents.

While pledging support for traders, small businesses and communities in the area, the chairman said that an 18- seater bus would be given to the association of market men and women to aid logistics.

”We understand that the cost of transportation has increased due to the removal of subsidy, so we as a council will give you a bus so you all will use it to move your goods.

“We will give another one to the Community Development Association. We as a government will continue to perform our role,” Mr Ayoola said.

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