The Afero Commercial Farmers Association from Eluju-Mowo has appealed to the Lagos State Government for urgent intervention over what it describes as a three-year crisis that has left members in severe economic and health distress.
Speaking at a Press Conference at LCCI, in the letter signed by the Afero Commercial Farmers Association’s Chairman, Wale Oyekoya, and Secretary, Idowu Dalegan, the group said a dispute that started as a legal and administrative matter in 2023 had since escalated into a humanitarian emergency. “Time is of the essence,” the farmers said, adding that many members are “on the verge of total collapse” Oyekoya said.
According to the association which called for Compensation and relocation of about fifty commercial farmers as two members had died within the period, while several others were facing serious health conditions.
The farmers, who identify as contributors to Lagos State’s food supply chain and Agricultural development, said the prolonged disruption of their activities had cut off their main source of income and taken a heavy emotional, financial, and physical toll as they had lost over three billion Naira worth of farm produce.
“They appealed for the governor’s immediate intervention to ensure a prompt and fair resolution, stressing that “we are not only seeking justice, we are seeking survival.”
According to the Association, the state government had constituted a committee made up of the Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Systems, Abisola Olusanya and Attorney General, Lawal Pedro, to review the case, and that the committee had submitted its report but however, no definitive action or official communication has followed.
The Association also referenced President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, stating that the delay in resolving the matter risks undermining goals around economic recovery, social welfare, and food security, appealing for the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration’s immediate intervention to ensure a prompt and fair resolution.
