ROSIJI RALLIES ABATTOIR MEAT MARKET STAKEHOLDERS: ‘UNITY IS THE WAY FORWARD’
Tensions eased and hopes lifted at Ojokoro LCDA Secretariat on Thursday, 29th August 2025, as Hon. (Barr.) Oluyemisi Rosiji, Executive Chairman of Ojokoro Local Council Development Area, met with stakeholders of the Abattoir Meat Market to chart a new course for peace, order, and progress.
For months, the market had been a theatre of uncertainty—demolition threats, simmering rivalries, and rumors swirling among traders. But yesterday, the council boss set the record straight: the market, she affirmed, belongs to the people of Ojokoro.
“Ojokoro LCDA’s duty to defend traders and their market is beyond question. We will not falter in safeguarding your economic lifeline,” Rosiji declared, drawing nods of approval across the Council Hall.
Hon. Rosiji recounted swift interventions she had spearheaded: from correspondence with the Divisional Police Officer to directives for erecting signboards boldly stating the council’s ownership of the market land. She also firmly dismissed claims that she had deployed thugs to the market. “Our actions have always been lawful, transparent, and in defense of your livelihoods,” she assured the traders.
The Chairman urged market leaders to set aside rivalries, maintain peace, and foster cooperation. Environmental cleanliness, she added, would remain a top priority: “A market that feeds the people must also safeguard their health.”
One of the more sensitive issues raised was the selection of new market leadership. Hon. Rosiji called for the nomination of a new market chairman and executives, noting that the Iyaloja would be exempted from the election process to ensure fairness and neutrality.
Alhaja Salifat Oluyemi, the Iyaloja General of Ojokoro LCDA, echoed the Chairman’s concerns, especially regarding traders’ seeming indifference to the recent demolition threats. “Report challenges early—don’t wait until problems become crises,” she advised, pledging her full support for the council’s leadership.
Stakeholders also laid bare their grievances: from expired tenures to documentation irregularities and unresolved land disputes. Calls for better record-keeping, stronger coordination, and regular inspections dominated the discourse.
In the end, a collective agreement was reached—the Abattoir Meat Market will move forward in unity, with peace as its cornerstone.
Present at the meeting were key council executives and market representatives, including Vice Chairman Hon. Oyekunle Tunde, Majority Leader Hon. Bosun, Council Manager Mrs. Akinola Mojisola, Council Treasurer Mrs. Ramat Okii, and Iyaloja General Alhaja Salifat Oluyemi, alongside prominent market stakeholders such as Chief Kadiri R. Adekunle, Alhaji Taofiq Oladoye, and Engr. Bola Omolaja.
As the meeting drew to a close, the mood in the hall had shifted—from tension to determination. Stakeholders left with a renewed sense of purpose: to defend their market, to keep it clean, and above all, to keep it united.
