Adeleke Lauds Monarchs Move To Control Food Prices In Osun

Governor Ademola Adeleke has announced support for the new way some traditional rulers in Osun State are trying to control food prices.

In a statement by the Governor’s Spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, on Friday, described the approach as “a local innovation to lower increasing food inflation across the state.”

The statement reads in part: “Governor Ademola Adeleke has thrown his weight behind the traditional approach to food price control introduced by some traditional rulers in Osun State, describing it as “a local innovation to lower increasing food inflation across the state”

“In a statement issued on Friday in which he tasked the State Food Security Implementation Committee to move faster, Governor Adeleke expressed happiness that traditional rulers in Osun State have acted to regulate food prices and curtail negative activities of middlemen in the marketplaces.

“Governor Adeleke who condemned artificial inflation induced by market middlemen lauded the traditional rulers under the chairmanship of His Royal Majesty, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi for abolishing strange market associations which induced high food prices.

“According to the Governor, the actions of most members of the Osun State Council of Traditional Rulers on price control has assisted the government in its quest to address food insecurity in Osun State.

“He praised the traditional rulers for impressing on market leaders the need to avoid unnecessary price increase, calling on all other traditional rulers in Osun State to emulate actions of royal fathers at Ile Ife, Ede, Igbajo, Iwo and others.

” ‘I task our royal fathers to engage market associations and stop exploitation of our people. I read the report of the initiative by the Ooni of Ife. I also read of similar interfaces by the Oluwo of Iwoland and Timi of Ede Land. This approach should be adopted by all royal fathers.

” ‘I am also directing my Special Adviser on Markets to move quickly to support our royal fathers in this new drive to institute traditional price control. The Iyalojas and Babalojas should be integrated into the implementation process’.”