Ogun State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Chief Jide Ojuko has expressed optimism that agricultural production would receive further boost with the influx of agriculture related investors into the State Local Government and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs).
Ojuko made this known while speaking with newsmen at the 4th edition of Ogun State Investors' forum held at the Cultural Centre, kuto, Abeokuta.
He said that agriculture was prominently practiced at the grassroots; hence, local governments were key instruments to making food production available and to achieving the desired success as enshrined in the present administration’s mission to rebuild the State.
"Local Government are the owners of agriculture, they are the farmers, they are the ones in charge of planting, harvesting and ensuring that the produce gets to the cities.
‘’Government has created enabling environment by ensuring that farmers have sufficient seedlings, access to fertilizers, as well as availability of motorable roads to ensure that farm produces get to the cities’’. Ojuko stated.
While commending the government for making agriculture one of its cardinal focus, the Commissioner called on indigenes of the State both at home and abroad, to return home and harness the much available resources and opportunities required to make things happen business wise.
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