Ondo State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has charged the pro-farmers attached to the state’s newly established 1,000 daily capacity Chicken Processing Plant to make maximum use of the opportunities in the entire agricultural value chain they are being exposed to, in order to become an employer of labor in the nearest future.Tribune Reports.
Mimiko gave the charge on Wednesday during a tour of the chicken processing plant established as a section of the state’s Wealth Creation Agency (WECA) by the government in its bid to increase the gains being recorded in the agricultural sector.
The processing plant is the first of its kind in the state with supporting facilities such as 20 tonnes capacity cold room, blast of 10 tonnes capacity, 80 KV generating plant and functional water system. It can process 1,000 chickens daily to supply the people of the state and neighboring states.
At the inspection tour of the facility located on Ondo Road in Akure, the state capital, Dr Mimiko said the plant is one of the reactions of his government to the need to diversify its economy with a focus on agriculture and its entire value chain.
The governor, who reiterated that agriculture remains the sector with capacity to stimulate and insulate the economy, noted that the state government’s decision to reinvigorate its Wealth Creation Agency was part of his administration’s determination at enhancing food security and providing raw materials that can promote industrialization as well as employment opportunities.