The Alawe of Ilawe-Ekiti, Oba Ajibade Alabi has directed his chiefs to ensure reduction in the prices of consumables in the community.
Oba Alabi, former chairman of the Ekiti State Council of Traditional Rulers said he cannot sit back and allow his subjects be subjected to untold harships ocassioned by artificial markets forces.
The monarch also ordered strict compliance and adoption acceptable measurements for all food items like gari, rice , beans ,plantain flours and other consumables in the markets.
The Media Adviser to the Alawe ,High Chief Ajibade Olubunmi ,in a statement said the foremost monarch, who had set up a Market Committee in the wake of the rising inflation also directed members to routinely monitor prices of food items in all the markets in the community.
He therefore directed that all traders must reduce prices of their food items to a reasonable level and that everyone must cooperate to bring the soaring prices of all food items down .
Members of the Alawe in Council, women chiefs including the Iyaloja and the Iyalaje stormed the central market popularly known as Oja Oba today Wednesday,27/3/2004 to enforce the Alawe directive .
The exercise which took the chiefs more than one hour was welcomed by the traders and the buyers .
Some of the buyers who bought low priced food items during the tour the chiefs hailed the Monarch for the ingenious action while the sellers promised to bring the prices down
The Alawe also directed Market committee of the Alawe in Council to routinely monitor market prices in all markets in the town .