Olusegun Osoba, former governor
of Ogun state, says those calling the TraderMoni initiative of the Buhari
administration vote buying are fools.
TraderMoni was launched under the
Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP).
Under the scheme, petty traders
are given N10,000 each to boost their businesses.
Critics, especially members of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have alleged that the government is using
it as an avenue to woo voters ahead of the elections.
But speaking at the presentation
of “Nigeria on Firmer Ground Towards Lasting Peace and Progress”, a book put
together by the presidential media team, Osoba said calling a “revolving loan”
given to the market women to aid their petty trading, vote buying was nothing
but foolery.
Osoba is the book reviewer
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, who
is coordinating the project, has told its critics that TraderMoni is an
offshoot and an extension of Buhari’s earlier project under the Katsina
foundation, where petty traders were empowered with N2,000 to boost their
businesses.
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