The Ounje Eko market initiative of the Lagos state government where foodstuff is sold at a 25 percent discounted price will continue until further notice, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said yesterday.
Sanwo-Olu stated this at the official launch of the Eko Cares initiative, a comprehensive response of the government to the temporary hardship occasioned by the global economic crises.
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The governor, during a media chat in February, listed some palliative measures to be adopted to ease the economic burden on residents.
The initiative is supervised by a Special Dispensation Advisory Committee on Social Interventions (SPEDAC), an 11-man non-partisan body.