Obasanjo visits market named after him in Ibadan

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday, visited a market named after him located in  Oluyole Estate, Ibadan, with a pledge to assist in having better structure and government backing.

 Penpushing reports that,Obasanjo received a rousing welcome from the traders, with many of them abandoning their shops and stalls when the news of the former President spread into the market.

The tour of the  market was conducted by, the General Manager of the Obasanjo Farms, Ibadan, Deacon Sunday Agusa, and the former President in his speech.said his attention was drawn to the presence of the market by his staff and that his name has been used to grow the market, becoming national and international market on day-old chicks in the country.

“My attention was drawn to the situation here and I decided to come and see things myself. Consciously and unconsciously, you have developed into a source of market, you buy, you sell, you interact. And this has made it very popular far and near, even though, it was not structured’, he stated.

“So, what remains is that if we don’t want them to send us away from here, we have to structure ourselves in order to continue to benefit from the gains of trading our day-old chicks. What I am saying in essence, is that, I will endeavour to see the Governor to provide for us an alternative place if this area is not available for you bringing your hatch chicks or you coming to buy our chicks here. We have to plan against any government coming to send us away and that is the structure that I am talking about,”

Penpushing also reports that, the  leader of the Day Old Chicks Merchant Association of Nigeria (DOCMAN), Olaiya Ogunmoyewa , appreciated the coming of Obasanjo, noting that, the visit had lessened their fears on the future of the market.

‘We are pleased with what you have told us. This is what was on our mind. And you have told us the move you will take to assist us. We want to thank you and that by God grace, we shall all be happy at the end of the day,” Ogunmoyewa said.

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