Ounje Eko Food Discount Market Enters Day 5 on 14th April 2024


......Residents laud programme as they call for continuity 










The Ounje Eko Food Discount Market entered it's day 5 on Sunday 14th April 2024 as the markets opened at it's centres across the three senatorial zones of the state.

The various markets centres visited by our correspondents witnessed a large turnout of Lagosians who came out to make purchases of foodstuffs like rice, beans, garri, crates of eggs, pepper, tomato, onions and loaves of bread at the 25% discounted prices courtesy of the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration.

Our correspondent who spoke to some of the buyers, reported that they commended the programme and called on the state government to allow for continuity in order to assist the masses in this challenging economic time like it has been doing since the Ounje Eko Food Discount Market opened in March 2024.

The market centers as usual had the compliments of security beef up provided by the operatives of the Nigeria police force, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp NSCDC, Lagos Neighborhood Safety Corp (LNSC) and the men of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) who ensured the free flow of traffic.

Officials of the Lagos State ministry of agriculture and the various local government council areas where the market centers are located, were observed monitoring the process, same with volunteer organizations like the local chapters of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, CDA's and CDC's.