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Some residents of Oyo State have reacted to the state government’s claim of generating over 200 million naira and relief materials worth over 50 million Naira from philanthropists and organizations.
The generated funds are part of efforts to cushion the effects of lockdown on the citizens.
While speaking with journalists, some residents said they were yet to receive palliative despite the amount of money generated.
Some of the affected traders are those in Aleshinloye market, Ogunpa market, Spare parts market at Araromi Gate, Salvation Army and Oke Parde, among others.
Abbas Babalola, a battery seller at Oke Parde, said he has lost over N300,000 since he was asked to close his shop.
He said “There is no money, but the government said ithads realized some money and relief materials, but I am yet to see anything”.
A ready-made clothes seller at Ogunpa, Wasiu Rahmon, appealed to the state government to distribute what it has received so far.
Sulaiman Adisa said he and his colleagues have been living on credit because they were not allowed to open their shops.
“They have to compensate us. We have been at home for three weeks. We have been hanging around. No market, no customers because we are not allowed to open our shops”.
Another resident, Kolawole Kazeem, noted that he heard several times on the radio that the government had received some items to cushion the effects of Coronavirus from some donors but wondered why it had not been distributed.
When contacted, Taiwo Adisa, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde said that the state government is still receiving donations.
While reacting to complaints from residents over the government’s inability to commence distribution of donated items, he noted that the government is yet to spend any money received as donations.