Ondo Acquires 26,000 Hectares Of Land For Agric Investment

The Ondo State governor, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, connected Wednesday, said the State authorities has acquired 26,000 hectares of onshore astatine Ori Ohin successful Ose Local Government Area for a aviator cultivation scheme.

Governor Aiyedatiwa stated this erstwhile helium inaugurated the Steering Committee of the Framework for Responsible and Inclusive Land-Intensive Agricultural Investment (FRILIA) successful Akure, Ondo State capital.

Speaking astatine the lawsuit astatine the Governor’s Office, Alagbaka, Akure, Aiyedatiwa said the inaugural was different bold measurement by his medication to boost nutrient production, unafraid livelihoods, and warrant just returns for big communities.

“The inauguration of this Committee marks different elephantine measurement successful our administration’s quest to guarantee nutrient information for the bully radical of Ondo State done sustainable collaboration involving big communities, Local Government Areas and the State Government,” the Governor said.

He stressed that the superior purpose of FRILIA successful balancing concern opportunities with assemblage rights and benefits.

According to him, “The large nonsubjective of this Committee is to guarantee we person an enabling situation that guarantees capable extortion for the big communities, ensuring they deduce premium returns connected their onshore being utilized for cultivation purposes successful enactment with nationalist policies connected nutrient information goals.”

The Governor revealed that the thought was archetypal agreed upon by the Nigerian Governors’ Forum successful collaboration with the World Bank, the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), and the Forum itself.

“This we anticipation would enhearten the Government to unafraid capable cultivation onshore to guarantee nutrient information successful enactment with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” helium explained.

On the acquired land, the politician said, “The State Government arsenic conducted a stakeholders’ gathering with the community, the onshore owners, the tenants, and the Ose Local Government Council with a presumption to kick-starting this project,” adding that efforts to unafraid further onshore for this task were ongoing.