Edo farmers to cultivate 250,000 hectares of land in 2 years

Edo state Governor Godwin Obaseki said this on Saturday at the 13th Esan Economic Empowerment Workshop, with the theme: “Modernizing Agri-business in Esan Land for Economic Empowerment,” organized by the Association of Esan Professionals.

He explained that agriculture is at the centre of the economic reconstruction programme of the Federal Government as well as Edo State government due to the sector’s potential to create millions of jobs.

“This initiative is in line with my administration’s commitment to create 200,000 jobs for Edo people, which we promised during our electioneering campaign,” the governor said. He said agriculture is being embraced in Edo State due to the incentives his administration is providing to make access to land, fertilizer and other inputs easy for farmers.