Akeredolu Restates His Administration’s Commitment To Agric

Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, has expressed his administration’s commitment to agriculture and make the state the largest producer of Palm Oil in the county.

Governor Akeredolu hinted that the state will be on the world map of Palm Oil Production with 70,000 hectares of land that have been allocated to investors for oil palm cultivation and cocoa production.

The Governor spoke on Tuesday at the presentation of Awards to some eminent individuals and organizations for their contributions to the growth and development of agriculture in the state.

The event was held at the Cocoa Conference hall of the Governor’s office, Alagbaka, Akure.

Governor Akeredolu disclosed that the State Government in its benevolence has embarked on lending of 2.0 Billion Naira to oil palm farmers via the RED GOLD Initiative.

He said the move will launch Ondo State into the world map of palm oil production, adding that he is proud that his administration’s intervention has always been all-rounder and yielding the desired results.

The Governor added that his administration is completely revolutionising Agriculture so as to make it more attractive to the young ones.

Governor Akeredolu particularly congratulated and commended the awardees for weathering the storm with government to achieve milestone.

He said that the modest gains recorded from their various contributions have acted as impetus for government.

“Since February 2017, our government has been striving to put everything in place to ensure the sustainability of the scheme and to inculcate the necessary entrepreneurship skill into our youths with a view to making them employers of labour. The State Government, through OSAEC, has provided all necessary requirements like land clearing and development, machinery and equipment, shelter, basic facilities, technology, training etc to achieve this purpose thereby creating a new generation of agripreneurs that can move into the sector and compete anywhere in the world.

“It is not an overstatement that the task of nation-building is a collective responsibility. Government cannot do it alone. All hands must, therefore, be on deck to take us to our seeming El-dorado. Permit me to say that as awardees, you are an inspiration to our youths. Your various achievements in your chosen fields of agriculture and agribusiness are the testimonies that our vision in the State in the field of agriculture is being realised”, he said.