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Lagos State government has assured Lagosians that farmers in the neighborhood markets in the state would not take advantage of the current situation to exploit the residents, but to ensure that items are being sold at farm gate prices.
Prince Gbolahan Lawal, Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture gave the assurance during one of his tour of the markets, as he reassured residents of adequate food supply at all the 27 designated COVID-19 Emergency Food Markets.
He added that the State Government was collaborating with all relevant stakeholders to ensure adequate food supply at the various emergency markets during the lock down at the next market day, but however stressed the need for shoppers to comply with the social distancing as well as observe the personal hygiene rules while shopping.
He said the State Government would support the farmers with logistics to enable them mobilise their farm produce to the various designated emergency markets in the State.
The Commissioner explained that the State Government would scale-up the number of the markets base on demands from the different communities, adding that the markets were part of the palliative measures adopted by government.
The Commissioner noted that more farmers would be deployed to the various markets at the next market day in order to ensure enough supply of farm produce and perishables to meet the demands of shoppers.
“This is a very good opportunity for our farmers and considering the situation that we are in, the COVID-19 pandemic to sell their produce at affordable prices,” he added. Lawal said the COVID-19 emergency food market was setup to as a palliative measure to cushion the effect of the pandemic.
“The Eko City farmers’ market and the makeshift farmers market are food markets that we have introduced. “What we promised the citizenry is every other day but considering the logistics, we have shifted it to every three days in all the designated makeshift markets in the state
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