By Ayodele Oni
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has said that agricultural revolution in the country has come to stay and the will not lack behind.
Declaring open a farmers training programme at Ikere Ekiti, Oyebanji stated that “I must say with emphasis agricultural revolution has come to stay and we in Ekiti must form synergy through creative thinking to turn our fallow land to arable crop in clusters.
“The state government is ready to assist in area like tractorization and other support where neccesary. I’m delighted with the initiatives to encourage our people to key to self sufficiency through agricultural produce, it will banish hunger, create job and bring income to us at grassroot.”
The two days capacity training for farmers in Ekiti South Federal Constituency 1 with the theme: ‘Agricpreneur – Building Self Reliance and Sustainability in crop production and Animal Husbandry’ was organized and sponsored by Rufus Ojuawo, member representing Ekiti South Federal Constituency 1 in the House of Representatives.
In his Welcome address, Ojuawo expressed gratitude to the governor for supporting the programmes which will gear us to do more.
“Without a doubt, we need to embark fully on Agriculture programmes to prevent hunger and more importantly to bring income to our household.
“Agricultural Economy is one of the pillar of our State, Ekiti and we must tap into this and turn it to source of income for our people. Else, this training is to open our knowledge on most of food crop such as Tomatoes, Okro, Pepper, Vegetable, Cucumber, Water Melon and etc.
“Our selected participants are for pilot programme and we’ll build on their process from time to time. I implored all the participants to listen attentively to their lectures, this is not going to be theory alone; we shall go into cluster farming in the next few weeks to put our training into practice.”
Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Kayode Fasae lauded the facilitator for creating wealth by empowering farmers through training, subsidy, and input to cultivate crop production.
Describing farming as very lucrative, the commissioner added that “we must invest in agricultural produce for food sufficiency and grow our economy in Ekiti State.
