Ogun To Engage PPP On Agricultural Development Programmes
By ABIODUN JIMOH, ABEOKUTA
Having discovered the potentials to actualize its goals of developing agriculture and creating employment opportunities for the people, Ogun State Government has reaffirmed its resolve to engage Public Private Partnership (PPP).
Dr. Adeola Odedina, Commissioner for Agriculture, disclosed this when representatives of Nigeria Incentive Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending, (NIRSAL) and the Nigeria Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC) paid him a courtesy visit in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.
The commissioner emphasised that the present administration has identified agriculture as one of the major sectors for employment opportunities and was ready to give necessary support to intending investors that aligned with the state government’s agenda.
Furthermore, he remarked that the state was striving to achieve self-sufficiency in food production, provide avenue for exportation of cash crops, as well as raw materials for the numerous agro-allied companies.
Alao, he noted that with the high commitment demonstrated by government to develop the sector, agriculture remains the only avenue for the development of the country.
Earlier in her remarks, the representative of NIRSAL, Mrs. Jumoke Ilo, said the courtesy visit became imperative to intimate the commissioner with activities of the organisation, which included; facilitation of agriculture business, risking agricultural value and fixing broken agricultural value chain by working with small scale farmers towards improving their livelihood.
She noted that her agency was ready to work with the state government towards actualizing its agricultural development agenda, for the betterment of the people of the state and the nation at large.
Representative of NAIC, Mr. Tayo Adeolu, commended the state government’s agricultural development agenda, which he noted would increase productivity and create wealth, pledging his organisation’s support for the initiative.
