Okorocha
promises 2 new
palm plantations By AKEEB ALARAPE Friday, July 29, 2011 Imo State Government has
started its plan to establish
two new commercial palm
plantations in the state with
the assistance of Malaysian
experts. The state Governor, Owelle
Rochas Anayo Okorocha made
this known at a breakfast
meeting with All Progressive
Grand Alliance (APGA) leaders
at the government house, Owerri. Governor Okorocha, who
recounted the efforts his
administration had made since
inception to take the state to
an enviable height, said Imo
would return to a palm produce state, with additional
new palm plantation for
commercial purpose. He recalled that Malaysia
developed its country
through palm seedling
collected from Nigeria,
regretting that Nigeria was
still at elementary stage of palm produce and stressed on
the need to harness some of
the natural mineral resources
the state were endowed
with. He, therefore, called on the
leaders of APGA and other
leaders in the state to
contribute their own quota
by creating avenue for job
opportunities and announced that the state owned oil palm
plantation, Adapalm was now
Imo Palm Plantation.