Governor
Ayo Fayose has approved the donation of 100,000 hectares of land to
investors, who are willing to embark on farming to improve agricultural
production in Ekiti.
The
state Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Kehinde Odebunmi,
stated this on Wednesday while addressing participants at the ongoing 2016
Agric. Summit, holding in Ado Ekiti.
The
commissioner said the government was ready to offer incentives to individuals
and corporate bodies willing to invest in farming and other farm-based
commercial activities in any part of the state.
The News
Agency of Nigeria reports that the governor had allocated another 10,000
hectares of land to members of the state chapter of Cassava Growers
Association of Nigeria for ethanol production.
Odebunmi
explained that the incentives were to create agribusiness and
investment-friendly environment, capable of revolutionizing agriculture as a
big-time revenue earner in the state.
He
enjoined the people of the state to embrace farming by cultivating lands in
their neighbourhoods or farmsteads to plant stable food crops.
The
commissioner said such efforts were capable of becoming something tangible in
the long run, as the state strives to overcome its current economic problems.
“Agriculture
remains the only sure way to get the country out of its economic woes,” he
said.
The
commissioner explained that the summit was in
line with the efforts of the state government to reposition the state’s
economy.
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