The Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has announced the cash donation of N1 million naira to the traders who lost their wares to the fire incident that ravaged a section of Oja Oba Market, Ado Ekiti in addition to relief materials made available by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) .
It will be recalled that the fire outbreak was as a result of clashes between the Hausa and Yorubas of Atikankan area of Ado Ekiti
Governor Fayose who said he shared in the traders’ loss and pains as his humble beginning placed him in a position to understand better their sufferings, lamented the financial challenges faced by the government.
Ekiti State government got N1.4b as October allocation even as N2.6b was the amount needed to pay salaries and subvention of institutions in the state per month.
Governor Fayose admonished the traders to endure with him this trying times.
Relief materials which value according to Mr. Said Akinyede of NEMA run into millions of naira include bags of cement, kegs of palm oil, mattresses, asbestos, nails and roofing sheets.
Reacting to the governor’s kind gesture, the traders thanked him for his words of encouragement, for finding time to personally talk to them as well as his gestures in cash and kind.
They prayed for the success of his administration as well as God’s guidance and favour in all of his endeavours.
Governor Fayose in a chat with newsmen later urged traders plying their trade at the present Oja Oba to relocate to either Awedele or Agric Olope markets in Ado Ekiti as demolition of the old market will commence by the end of this week, November 8 to be precise