…Says State has identified 60 million active cocoa trees
Revenues from Cocoa and other prominent farms produce in which Osun has comparative advantages have great capacities to turn around the economy and fortunes of the state if pursued with renewed vigor.
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The Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola who stated this assured that his administration will leave no stone unturned to make the state great again, hence the recent investment and research into Cocoa production and the focus on other areas of agriculture.The governor stated that for the state to start on a good footing at producing ‘Cocoa Omoluabi’, the state has enumerated and identified sixty million active cocoa trees in the state.

Aregbesola, while meeting with Cocoa Produce Merchants in the state at the Government House Banquet Hall in Osogbo, stated that with new cocoa development initiatives in the state, there will be a new cash inflow making the economy of the state prosperous.
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He stated that the state has also gone further in her bid to boost cocoa production and Agriculture with the signing of Memorandum of under standing with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) on the development of agriculture and production of massive food production as alternative to reliance on oil sector.

The agreement according to Aregbesola involved releasing of 204.39 hectares of land in Ago Owu Farm Settlement to IITA for the purposes of conducting research and setting up demonstration farms for best farming practices.

IITA will also carry out cassava, plantain and other crops multiplication including Cocoa as well as train the youths in the state in modern, commercial and profitable farming.
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Aregbesola emphasised that the state in her bid to increase Internally Generated Revenue in Osun, government will establish commodity board that will be supervised directly by the office of the governor to ensure that Osun ranks among the best cocoa producers in Nigeria within the next two years.

He told the produce merchants that the economic situation of the state has been badly affected with the pillaging of the national treasury by the previous administration.

Aregbesola added that the situation with the drop in oil prices and the sharp reduction in the Federation Accounts from N1.2 trillion in 2012 to N369 billion in November allocations shared in December 2015 has reduced the running of government to little or nothing hence the need to look inward in increasing IGR.

The governor noted that the state will soon bounce back‎ with the identification of sixty million Cocoa trees presently in the state, adding that government henceforth will criminalise any action of farmers and merchants that runs afoul of government laws on cocoa.

He pointed out that government will soon be registering all farmers in the state for easy implementation of government policies on agriculture thus giving adequate room for monitoring and giving the necessary support for farmers.

According to him, “to show the people of the state that we are ready to face agriculture squarely in Osun, I am establishing a commodity board that will be supervised directly from the office of the governor.

“Our bags of cocoa in Osun will be branded with this; government will be able to ensure that the quality of cocoa coming out of the state meets international quality. When there was free money coming from oil, no government was looking at what cocoa could bring to the economy; we are back to the days where cocoa will be the main stay of our economy in Osun”. The governor emphasised.

Aregbesola hinted that Produce tribunals will be set up across the state and that special colour will be given to vehicles that will be transporting cocoa within the state.

The governor added that the State Executive Council meetings will be held in rural areas where cocoa farming is thriving in the state for about six months to one year after the formation of his cabinet.

Earlier, the Chairman of All farmers Association of Osun, Chief Raheem Adeniji stated that the association is ready to partner and cooperate with government in her bid to revamp the cocoa farming in the state.

He lamented the poor economic state the country has found it with the neglect of cocoa which he said was the back bone of the economy in the 60s, identifying the cancellation of Cocoa and marketing Board by the then military government as a setback for the industry in Nigeria.

Adeniji commended government for introducing E-payment, adding that government should ensure and maintain that Osun cocoa should not go out of the state.
http://osun.gov.ng/2016/02/01/cocoa-will-turn-around-osuns-fortunes-aregbesola/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cocoa-will-turn-around-osuns-fortunes-aregbesola

Johnnyessence:


…Says State has identified 60 million active cocoa trees
Revenues from Cocoa and other prominent farms produce in which Osun has comparative advantages have great capacities to turn around the economy and fortunes of the state if pursued with renewed vigor.
1200x-1
The Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola who stated this assured that his administration will leave no stone unturned to make the state great again, hence the recent investment and research into Cocoa production and the focus on other areas of agriculture.The governor stated that for the state to start on a good footing at producing ‘Cocoa Omoluabi’, the state has enumerated and identified sixty million active cocoa trees in the state.

Aregbesola, while meeting with Cocoa Produce Merchants in the state at the Government House Banquet Hall in Osogbo, stated that with new cocoa development initiatives in the state, there will be a new cash inflow making the economy of the state prosperous.
‎
He stated that the state has also gone further in her bid to boost cocoa production and Agriculture with the signing of Memorandum of under standing with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) on the development of agriculture and production of massive food production as alternative to reliance on oil sector.

The agreement according to Aregbesola involved releasing of 204.39 hectares of land in Ago Owu Farm Settlement to IITA for the purposes of conducting research and setting up demonstration farms for best farming practices.

IITA will also carry out cassava, plantain and other crops multiplication including Cocoa as well as train the youths in the state in modern, commercial and profitable farming.
‎
Aregbesola emphasised that the state in her bid to increase Internally Generated Revenue in Osun, government will establish commodity board that will be supervised directly by the office of the governor to ensure that Osun ranks among the best cocoa producers in Nigeria within the next two years.

He told the produce merchants that the economic situation of the state has been badly affected with the pillaging of the national treasury by the previous administration.

Aregbesola added that the situation with the drop in oil prices and the sharp reduction in the Federation Accounts from N1.2 trillion in 2012 to N369 billion in November allocations shared in December 2015 has reduced the running of government to little or nothing hence the need to look inward in increasing IGR.

The governor noted that the state will soon bounce back‎ with the identification of sixty million Cocoa trees presently in the state, adding that government henceforth will criminalise any action of farmers and merchants that runs afoul of government laws on cocoa.

He pointed out that government will soon be registering all farmers in the state for easy implementation of government policies on agriculture thus giving adequate room for monitoring and giving the necessary support for farmers.

According to him, “to show the people of the state that we are ready to face agriculture squarely in Osun, I am establishing a commodity board that will be supervised directly from the office of the governor.

“Our bags of cocoa in Osun will be branded with this; government will be able to ensure that the quality of cocoa coming out of the state meets international quality. When there was free money coming from oil, no government was looking at what cocoa could bring to the economy; we are back to the days where cocoa will be the main stay of our economy in Osun”. The governor emphasised.

Aregbesola hinted that Produce tribunals will be set up across the state and that special colour will be given to vehicles that will be transporting cocoa within the state.

The governor added that the State Executive Council meetings will be held in rural areas where cocoa farming is thriving in the state for about six months to one year after the formation of his cabinet.

Earlier, the Chairman of All farmers Association of Osun, Chief Raheem Adeniji stated that the association is ready to partner and cooperate with government in her bid to revamp the cocoa farming in the state.

He lamented the poor economic state the country has found it with the neglect of cocoa which he said was the back bone of the economy in the 60s, identifying the cancellation of Cocoa and marketing Board by the then military government as a setback for the industry in Nigeria.

Adeniji commended government for introducing E-payment, adding that government should ensure and maintain that Osun cocoa should not go out of the state.
http://osun.gov.ng/2016/02/01/cocoa-will-turn-around-osuns-fortunes-aregbesola/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cocoa-will-turn-around-osuns-fortunes-aregbesola

una don finish our oye na now una rember cocoa trees dy hide for bush...well no be una fault na we nijer deltans be the mumu, i wish say we get sense.

Necessity is the paddy of going back to cocoa.

Nice one sir Rauf. Nice thinking.

ahaz:
una don finish our oye na now una rember cocoa trees dy hide for bush...well no be una fault na we nijer deltans be the mumu, i wish say we get sense.

Forgive and forget.

our governor is trying

NormalCodes:


Forgive and forget.

LoL

That is billions of dollars worth of potential revenues right there, damn! Thank God for this current crash in oil prices. I pray it remains that way so that the FG and state governors will put their thinking caps on and seek and explore other more viable/sustainable sources of revenue.

Mynd44, lalasticlala. Front page please.

Nothing will change the fortunes of Osun if Aregbese continues his "socialist policies"

There's a reason why the world rejected socialism for capitalism. From Communist China to the old Soviet Union, socialism was abandoned but in name only.
Buhari is pursuing the same "socialism and welfarism" using Osun template. If it didn't work in Russia and China methinks it won't work in Nigeria.
Remember Aregbese was doling out free food, free computers, Opon imo, O-yes, O-REAP, O-Schools, O-Meals until he got to O-shit.

Ok

Onigbese has began dancing naked and foolishly in the marketplace again. Where is Yaba left when you need them.

AshiwajuFoward:
That is billions of dollars worth of potential revenues right there, damn! Thank God for this current crash in oil prices. I pray it remains that way so that the FG and state governors will put their thinking caps on and seek and explore other more viable/sustainable sources of revenue.

Mynd44, lalasticlala. Front page please.

amen ooo bro

hinwazaka:
Onigbese has began dancing naked and foolishly in the marketplace again. Where is Yaba left when you need them.

he own u niiii

hinwazaka:
Onigbese has began dancing naked and foolishly in the marketplace again. Where is Yaba left when you need them.

Smh for you. I am sure you would have screamed "Willie is working!" if the news emanated from a particular state. Hatred and bigotry does not pay.

All well and good. The most painful aspect of the osun saga is the inability of the state not being able to resuscitate the Ede cocoa processing plant and basically selling it to the Chinese. Oh well.

AshiwajuFoward:


Smh for you. I am sure you would have screamed "Willie is working!" if the news emanated from a particular state. Hatred and bigotry does not pay.

Where are the processing plants to transform the cocoa into chocolate, where is the capital that will be invested in this his latest white elephant project. what is the forecast plan, or was this hatched up just a week ago. where is the market for the cocoa or chocolate final product. How strong is the competition(Ghana).
May Stup1dity and illiteracy not consume you and your family.

hinwazaka:
Onigbese has began dancing naked and foolishly in the marketplace again. Where is Yaba left when you need them.

Put a sock in it mate. Are you guys not ashamed? You cannot even wait for Osun indigenes to give their opinion as stakeholders before you all pile in to comment negatively and hatefully. You and others should learn to mind your own business if all you can contribute is negativity when there is no need for such.

@Post

Like someone commented earlier, falling oil price is turning out a blessing in disguise. It is now simply a case of diversify and look beyond oil or starve.

hinwazaka:

Where are the processing plants to transform the cocoa into chocolate, where is the capital that will be invested in this his latest white elephant project. what is the forecast plan, or was this hatched up just a week ago. where is the market for the cocoa or chocolate final product. How strong is the competition(Ghana).
May Stup1dity and illiteracy not consume you and your family.

Abeg take your cynical behind out of here! You aren't fooling no one here and are better off chanting your 'Wllie is working' than pontificating about what you know little to nothing about. Na to abuse Aregbe and hope for bad news from the SW be your prayer. FYI, the SW didn't just start growing, processing, and exporting Cocoa. Till date the crop still remains Nigeria's second highest revenue earner after Crude oil exports. The state already has a Cocoa processing plant that is being revamped besides others in the region that also process and add value to the crop, eg Tulip, Stanmark, Cadbury, etc. The state nor the SW region does not need you to lecture it about Cocoa value addition coz your motives aren't sincere anyway.

Gbawe:


Put a sock in it mate. Are you guys not ashamed? You cannot even wait for Osun indigenes to give their opinion as stakeholders before you all pile in to comment negatively and hatefully. You and others should learn to mind your own business if all you can contribute is negativity when there is no need for such.

@p@post

Like someone commented earlier, falling oil price is turning out a blessing in disguise. It is now simply a case of diversify and look beyond oil or starve.

Touche'. In that case, keep your nose out of Rivers state by elections scheduled for February 6th

Nice initiative, atleast he can now pay workers salaries properly and leave oil alone.

AshiwajuFoward:


Abeg take your cynical behind out of here! You aren't fooling no one here and are better off chanting your 'Wllie is working' than pontificating about what you know little to nothing about. Na to abuse Aregbe and hope for bad news from the SW be your prayer. FYI, the SW didn't just start growing, processing, and exporting Cocoa. Till date the crop still remains Nigeria's second highest revenue earner after Crude oil exports. The state already has a Cocoa processing plant that is being revamped besides others in the region that also process and add value to the crop, eg Tulip, Stanmark, Cadbury, etc. The state nor the SW region does not need you to lecture it about Cocoa value addition coz your motives aren't sincere anyway.

In ur dreams

TippyTop:
Nothing will change the fortunes of Osun if Aregbese continues his "socialist policies"

There's a reason why the world rejected socialism for capitalism. From Communist China to the old Soviet Union, socialism was abandoned but in name only.
Buhari is pursuing the same "socialism and welfarism" using Osun template. If it didn't work in Russia and China methinks it won't work in Nigeria.
Remember Aregbese was doling out free food, free computers, Opon imo, O-yes, O-REAP, O-Schools, O-Meals until he got to O-shit.

We need socialized education and healthcare to a large extent, in as much as it won't bankrupt the state. But government should hands off the rest for capitalism to flourish. That is the growth engine.


I think Aregbesola should embrace anybody that'll setup processing plants across the state. We need value added exports.

dubemnaija:



In ur dreams

Google is your friend. You can thank me later

https://www.naij.com/499136-see-much-nigeria-earned-non-oil-commodities-2014.html

According to the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) data, Nigeria earned a total sum of $2.4bn from the exportation of cocoa, rubber, and other non-oil commodities within the 2014 fiscal period.

The NEPC estimates show that cocoa exports with a total amount of $666.45m accounted for the highest non-oil export earnings, followed by raw hides, skins and leather with $487.97m.

U should have said OSOGBO WEED will turn Osun's fate.
Clueless and visionless man