By Oluwafemi Ojo
The Wife of the Ondo Governor, Mrs Betty Akeredolu has commence online registration of market women to ensure that dividends of governance reached intended beneficiaries and avoid government neglect.
Mrs Akeredolu began the registration exercise on Saturday at Agagu market in Akure in Akure South and Ogbese in Akure North council areas respectively.
She described market women as crucial to the socioeconomic development of the society, adding that her visit to the market was to create a plan on how the present administration can make life more meaningful to the women.
“I understand the fact that there is a gap for government to reach out directly to the market women and this is the major reason of our visit to close the gap while our market women are not getting what they are supposed to get from government.
“This present administration under the leadership of Gov. Akeredolu has rolled out millions of naira as soft loan to market women, but probably people cornered it” he said.
She said the office of the wife of the governor has trained people to register all the market women that would capture their details and totally avoid middlemen when reaching out to them.
Mrs Akeredolu noted that the recently launched Ondo Widow Cares Initiative was practically successful with the help of digital technology where all widows in the state got registered and got government benefits without bias of party affiliation.
The governor’s wife urged market women to register and again vote for continuity of Gov. Akeredolu to consolidate on good programs he has for the state and promised that government would not neglect them after the election.
The Senior Special Assistant to Governor on Women Affairs, Mrs Toyin Akimoyo appealed to the market women to support Gov. Akeredolu reelection having seen all the laudable projects executed in his first time in office.
Akinmoyo noted that Gov. Akeredolu has performed beyond measure in the area of infrastructure development, creating meaningful life for women and youths and regular payment of salary.
Similarly, Mrs Akeredolu also visited Ayede Ogbese in Akure North LG where the regent of the town Alayede Ogbese, Catherine Akinyede commended Gov. Akeredolu for rescuing the town from political marginalisation by making their son the council chairman in just concluded LG election.
