{"id":18228,"date":"2017-10-16T15:38:59","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T14:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=18228"},"modified":"2017-10-16T15:38:59","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T14:38:59","slug":"edo-farmers-cultivate-250000-hectares-land-2-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/edo-farmers-cultivate-250000-hectares-land-2-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Edo farmers to cultivate 250,000 hectares of land in 2 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Edo state Governor Godwin Obaseki said this on Saturday at the 13th Esan Economic Empowerment Workshop, with the theme: &#8220;Modernizing Agri-business in Esan Land for Economic Empowerment,&#8221; organized by the Association of Esan Professionals.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s potential to create millions of jobs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This initiative is in line with my administration&#8217;s commitment to create 200,000 jobs for Edo people, which we promised during our electioneering campaign,&#8221; the governor said. 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