Edo farmers to cultivate 250,000 hectares of land in 2 years - ObasekiGroup Picture Caption: Rt. Hon. Justin Okonoboh, former Speaker, Edo State House of Assembly (2nd from left); Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki (4th from left); Barr. Mathew Egbadon, President, Association of Esan Professionals (5th from left); Hon. Monday Osaigbovo, Commissioner for Agriculture; Hon. Osahon Amiolemen, Commissioner for Infrastructure (7th from left) at the 13th Esan Economic Empowerment Workshop, on Saturday, October 14, 2017.
...harps on modern farming methods
The Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin
Obaseki has disclosed that the goal of his administration in the next
two years is to ensure that farmers in the State cultivate a minimum
of 250,000 hectares of farmland.
Obaseki said this on Saturday at the
13th Esan Economic Empowerment Workshop, with the theme: “Modernising
Agri-business in Esan Land for Economic Empowerment,” organised by
the Association of Esan Professionals.
He explained that agriculture is at the
centre of the economic reconstruction programme of the Federal
Government as well as Edo State government due to the sector's
potential to create millions of jobs.
“This initiative is in line with my
administration's commitment to create 200,000 jobs for Edo people,
which we promised during our electioneering campaign," the
governor said.
He said agriculture is being embraced
in Edo State due to the incentives his administration is providing to
make access to land, fertiliser and other inputs easy for farmers.
He further said that his administration
has revamped the Edo fertiliser plant in Auchi to enable farmers have
same type of fertiliser after proper examination of the soil to
ensure healthy crop production.
“We have equally revamped the College
of Agriculture in the state to train our farmers and help them with
the required knowledge to grow healthy agricultural products for
export.”
Obaseki said the Gelegele Sea Port is
another important project that will help in the export of finished
agricultural products.
He urged the youths to embrace
agriculture as his administration is creating the enabling
environment for large scale farming, easy access to land and improved
seedlings.
“Agriculture is now scientifically
done and mechanisation will help us compete in the international
agricultural market.”
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural
Development, Chief Audu Ogbe, congratulated the organisers of the
workshop and pledged the support of the federal government for their
programme.
The Minister who was represented by the
State Director, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development, Edo State Office, Omoragbon Wellington, assured that the
Federal Government would support the group in the area of capacity
building and supply of processing machines at subsidised rate.
The president of the Association of
Esan Professionals, organisers of the workshop, Barr. Mathew Egbadon,
said the association was established with the sole objective of
serving as a non- political platform for the Esan people to
contribute their quota to the development of Esan land.
He said the association has established
Esan Education Trust Fund to assist indigent students in accessing
quality education.
Egbadon said the association is
focusing on agriculture because Esan people have comparative
advantage in the sector with the vast land available for farming.
Highlight of the event was the
presentation of a cash gift of N500, 000 to three schools for coming
tops in a quiz competition organised to test their proficiency in
Esan language.
The cash reward was to encourage
proficiency in Edo languages in line with the state government's
resolve to promote Edo culture.
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