The residents of Ilesa in Osun State have lauded the State Governor, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, and the Osun Agency for Community and Social Development Project (CSDP) over the disbursement of N200m to vulnerable groups in Atakumosa market.

They also expressed gratitude to the state government and CSDP for the commencing the reconstruction of the market which was destroyed by fire recently.

While presenting checks to the beneficiaries including the traders at Atakumosa market, Governor Oyetola explained that “State Government raised N100 million and that the World Bank through the Osun Agency for Community and Social Development Project (CSDP) contributed N100 million to rebuild the market.”

The market men and women whose shops and stores were destroyed by fire that ravaged the market said they were displaced and that the incident blocked their means of livelihood.

The General Manager of Osun-CSDP, Mrs Aderonke Funmi Abokede, said the support to the state by CSDP was to alleviate the suffering of the vulnerable residents make life better for the poor.

Abokede said when the market is completed, the market men and women would be able to trade and make money and thereby generate wealth and curb poverty in the state.

Speaking further, the Governor said 400 shops and stores that will meet modern standard with toilets and boreholes would be built and completed in the first phase of the project.

Oyetola expressed gratitude to CSDP through Professor Foluso Okunmadewa and Mrs Aderonke Funmi Abokede for the making the fund available.

Dignitaries in the state, including the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Hon. Timothy Owoeye, the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Professor Charles ’Diji Akinola, and the Head of Service, Dr Olowogboyega Oyebade, were at the event.

•PHOTO: Osun State Governor, Mr Gboyega Oyetola, General Manager of Osun-CSDP, Mrs Aderonke Funmi Abokede, and others at the commencement of the reconstruction of Atakumosa market in Ilesa