Traders endorse Oyebamiji as APC candidate donates N10m to cooperative

By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo –

Traders at the Igbonna International Market in Osogbo, Osun State, on Thursday endorsed the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Oyebamiji, ahead of the August 15 governorship election.

During the endorsement programme, Oyebamiji donated N10 million to the Igbonna Market Women Cooperative Society to support the businesses of its members.

The APC candidate said that if elected, his administration would empower market women with soft loans and grants to strengthen their businesses.

“Be rest assured that if elected, I will support your businesses with soft loans and grants. Your businesses and cooperative are very important to the economic growth of our state, and I will not disappoint you. I will not deceive you. I will fulfil all my electioneering promises. Your show of love for me today will be rewarded, and you will not regret voting for me,” he said.

Speaking at the rally, the Director-General of the Osun APC Campaign Council, Hon. Wole Oke, urged members of the market to vote for the party’s progressive agenda in the August 15 election, assuring them that Oyebamiji would not disappoint them if elected governor.

The secretary of the market, Temitope Okunoye, who spoke on behalf of the traders, said the endorsement had the backing of the market leadership headed by the Babaloja General of Osun State, Chief David Iyiola.

“We are here to endorse our incoming governor, Bola Oyebamiji. On behalf of my boss, Chief David Iyiola, the Babaloja General of Osun State, and with the support of everyone in this market, we have unanimously endorsed him.

“I urge members of this market to come out en masse and vote for Bola Oyebamiji in the August 15 election because we need many things in this market, and our incoming governor has promised to address them,” Okunoye said.