₦airaland Forum

The Ogun State Government has inaugurated a cassava processing centre and a solar-powered borehole in Obafe Community as part of efforts to boost food production, agro-processing and rural development.

Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Honorable Bolu Owotomo, during the inauguration, said the project was implemented under the Federal Government and Ogun State Government IFAD-assisted Value Chain Development Programme.


Hon. Owotomo explained that the facility would serve four farmer groups with about sixty farmers and described it as the second major agricultural infrastructure delivered in the community within one year.


He disclosed that more than sixteen thousand farmers have benefited from interventions under the Ogun State Economic Transformation Project, while over twelve thousand hectares of land have been cleared for cultivation in the last two years.

The Commissioner added that farmers also enjoy subsidies on land clearing and agricultural inputs, alongside direct linkage to produce off-takers.


According to him, the IFAD-assisted programme, operating in eight local government areas, has delivered sixteen cassava processing centres and fifty-five boreholes across farming communities in the state.


Hon Owotomo assured residents that more processing centres, markets and solar-powered boreholes would be commissioned across other parts of Ogun State.
In her remarks, the Acting State Coordinator of the programme, Mrs Abiola Sobukola, said the projects would reduce post-harvest losses, improve cassava value addition and provide clean water for processing and domestic use.


Responding on behalf of beneficiaries, Mr Saubana Ojetola and Mrs Kikelomo Ogunsan thanked the state government for the support and promised to make proper use of the facilities.

All I can see is a dirty white canopy and 3 water taps...... what about the equipments?