The Ondo State Government has said it remained committed to the development of agriculture, in a bid to generate revenue and provide employment for the youth.
The state Senior Special Assistant to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on Agriculture and Agric-business, Mr Akin Olotu, said the government had begun to construct an oil palm factory.
He said the factory would be inaugurated by the governor in a few months.
Olotu, who stated this while addressing journalists in Akure, the state capital, on Wednesday, said the factory would be producing 720 metric tons of palm oil per day.
He added that the agro factory would be employing over 5,000 workers by the time it begins to operate in the state.
He said, “Something has been signed now, we are constructing the factory, and it would take us a whole year for it to be completed. Governor Akeredolu would inaugurate that factory next year. The factory would produce 30 metric tons of palm oil per hour; 720 metric tons per day.
“By the time it is completed, we will have doctors, nurses secondary school, primary school, within the farm because there’s none of them that would have less than 5,000 workers. The oil palm project in Ondo State is a big success.”
On the cash crop-production, Olotu explained that the government was ready to collaborate and support all efforts to develop and move the cocoa and cashew industries forward in the state.
