Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun on Tuesday, disclosed plans to reactivate the state-owned ‘Bulk Purchase Programme’ under the Gateway Trading.
Governor Abiodun, who made this known during an interview in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, noted that his administration would also introduce an agric and food palliative, which according to him, would help to support farmers to enable them to boost food production.
The governor noted that the bulk purchase programme would allow the state government to purchase food items at pre-deregulation prices.
“In terms of food palliatives, we are now going to reactivate our Bulk Purchase Programme under the Gateway Trading and through different channels and warehouses in different parts of the state. We will be selling food items like grains and rice that we will be purchasing from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at pre-deregulation prices,” he said.
The governor also said the introduction of an energy transition plan, which was conceived some months back by his administration, would allow the state to migrate from depending on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) or diesel to power public transportation to using Compressed Natural Gas (CNG).
Abiodun noted that the plan was to convert mini buses owned by individuals in the state at the expense of the state government because of financial requirements, adding that the first set of vehicles with CNG would be unveiled during the week.
He also said that an infrastructure initiative would be introduced by his administration that would allow community leaders, market women and religious bodies identify three roads in their areas that needed immediate intervention for reconstruction, repair or maintenance.
The governor, who noted that civil servants had been asked to maintain about 80 per cent presence in their various offices, said the administration would be launching its e-mobility programme, which he said, would enable the state to retrieve every petrol-dependent motorcycle or tricycle and replace them with electricity-operated motorcycles and tricycles.
