OG-CARES hands over irrigation facilities to beneficiaries.

The Ogun State Government has handed over irrigation facilities to farmers in Ado, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government area as well as renovated toilet facilities, in Ipokia Local Government area of the State under the OG-CARES FADAMA project. The state Government’s action is a part of the broader plans of the Dapo Abiodun’s administration to ensure food security in Ogun State and make the state the food basket of Nigeria.

Commissioner for Agriculture And Food Security, Hon. Bolu who handed over the facilities, noted that the irrigation facilities procured for the farmers, included, three (3) generating sets, one 18-litre irrigable sprayer,  as well as land preparation covering five hectares of farmland. The commissioner also disclosed that, over 18,500 (eighteen thousand, five hundred) farmers across the 20 Local Government areas of the state have so far benefited from OG-CARES FADAMA project.

The facilities, according to Hon. Bolu, will enable farmers to farm all year round without fear of drought, thereby boosting food supply and this will encourage youths and the vulnerable to practice agriculture as it reduces labour stress. The commissioner said the upgrading and renovation of the toilets facility in Ipokia Local Government Area, were aimed at improving good nutrition and hygiene in agricultural value-chain that would ensure improved sanitation and hygienic environment around market facilities for safe food deliveries, thereby preventing risk of contaminated food supplies.