Ooni of Ife Threatens to Banish Traders Selling Pepper at N500 Per Portion
In a bid to control price hike of foods and commodities, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi has threatened to banish any market men and women hiking good price in the ancient city.
The monarch, through his chiefs on Friday, cancelled all market associations, saying that traders were free to sell at their own prices.
The chiefs in a video obtained by prime news, while delivering the king’s message , told traders that nobody should coerced or fixed prices for others.
The Ooni also ordered that a portion of pepper should henceforth, be sold at the rate of N100 to N200.
The monarch also warned those selling seven cups of foodstuffs as a congo to residents to stop, adding that anyone caught will be banished from the town.
The chiefs in the video said, In the name of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi and the 16 Cheifs, the market heads (Babaloja and Iyaloja) of Ile-Ife should go and inform all market men and women in Ile-Ife that starting from today, (Friday), that Kabiesi has cancelled anything called market association.
“Also anyone who threatened or coerced another to sell their foodstuff or goods at a particular price will be dealt with. Everyone should sell at their own price.
“Also, people selling pepper should not sell a portion for more than N200. The act of selling a portion of pepper for N500 should stop from today.
“For those selling foodstuffs, anybody who cheats customers by selling 7 cups as a congo of rice, once caught, will leave the city.
“Similarly, any outsider who came to trade in Ile-Ife should be welcomed. Anybody who chases an outsider who came to trade away will be sent out of Ile-Ife.”
