Trade, Commerce Central to Osun’s Development Drive -Aregbesola

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has said that trade and commerce are central to the development drive of the state.

He said all the policies and programmes of the government were connected in one way or another with market and marketing activities.
The governor said this during the inauguration of the state’s Market Women Board in Osogbo, according to a statement made available on Thursday.
Aregbesola said his concentration on agriculture and marketing activities had brought about the Osun Rural Enterprise and Agriculture Programme, which was linked to the lucrative daily food market in Lagos.

He added that it was for this purpose that the modern regional market at Dagbolu was being constructed.
The governor also added that this was the major reason behind the state’s partnership with the Nigeria Railway Corporation to revitalise the rail transport from Osogbo to Lagos, which has since been in full operation.

Aregbesola said, “Our ultimate aim, as I have said elsewhere, is to create a produce and commodity market for the goods produced, both locally and imported, in Osun, where people will buy at the prices they buy in Lagos, which in our belief, will promote commercial activities and peoples’ income within the shortest time.

“It is also the reason behind our effort at reorganising our marketing activities in the state by building befitting modern markets across our towns and cities.”

August 30, 2013