Breaking : Oyo APC Sets to Organise Traders, Artisans Summit
Breaking : Oyo APC Sets to Organise Traders, Artisans Summit.
A concerned group, within Oyo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress(APC), known as Oyo Progressive Mind(OPM) has perfected all plans to organise a programme, designed, to educate and re-orientate the traders, artisans and other various informal sectional groups on their roles and needed contributions towards state development and nation building, through a summit tagged, ‘OYO PROGRESSIVE TRADERS AND ARTISANS SUMMIT’.
The first of its kind summit, which is being organised by OPM in conjunction with the state chapter of APC, is expected to attract artisans, traders and various groups, as well as Hausa, Igbo and other ethnic communities, with business interests in Oyo state, as participants.
According to a statement issued by the Convener of ‘Oyo Progressive Traders and Artisans’, Hon. Banji A Banji, “Artisans and traders are targeted because they make up majority of the informal sector and always take part actively and energetically in political campaigns with mass turnouts to elect people into public offices during elections.
The Renown Agrotech Expert, Banji further maintained that, “The progressive traders and artisans engagement is meant to crystalize their roles in state system or smooth running and in nation building”.
“The summit which comes up on 5th of August, 2021 at Civic Center, Idi Ape, Ibadan will focus on the topic :
Our (Traders and Artisans) Unique Factors In State System And Nation Building”, Banji revealed.
“The effort is an avenue or medium, where we shall sit with our traders and artisans to educate and re-orientate them on their roles in state development and nation building.
“These very important sectors are active political players with a firm grip on their immediate communities but ignored when it comes to making up government and governance. Each citizen has roles to play, either educated or without formal education.
“The artisans are the skilled workers or craftspersons like bakers, mechanics, technicians, drivers, barbers among others while the traders are our mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers selling goods at home, at road sides or in our major markets.
These are the categories of people we are bringing to the seminar”, Hon. Banji A Banji stated.
