Southwest inter-state trade on course to boost food security – Abiodun

By Abimbola Wuraola

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun says Southern states have decided to promote inter-state and inter-region trade to foster food security and sufficiency.

The governor also disclosed Ogun State has decided to establish Farmers’ Markets across the state to ensure food security.

He stated this when he received the newly constituted Governing Council of the Federal University of Agriculture, FUNAAB, led by the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Oba Abdul-Rasheed Ayorinde Olabomi.

Governor Abiodun, the chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum SGF, said that Southern States have no reason not to promote trade among themselves with fertile land and human capacity in the region.

Governor Abiodun said that the Farmers’ Market would be located strategically across the state, including Asero in Abeokuta and Ogere along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

He added that plans have been concluded to move the Kara cattle market from its present location to Ogere, where the cattle merchants can have access to a good atmosphere.

The governor also noted that his administration sees agriculture as a way of providing food security, creating employment and generating revenue, adding that the Federal University of Agriculture should be at the forefront of championing food security, as the purpose for which it was established.

He  promised to collaborate with the institution in some ways, including cassava production, even as he promised that the Iyana-Camp to Alabama road was already under the radar of his administration.

Earlier, Oba Ayorinde Olabomi, while describing Governor Abiodun as one of the best Governors in the country, called for collaboration with the state government at a time when people were clamouring for food.

The royal father further said that the institution is poised to contribute it’s quota to ensure food security in the country, urging the state government to take advantage of the several training programmes,  research and development that the institution has to offer.

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