In 2008, the government
of Enugu state in partnership with the 17 council chairmen in the state
procured 17 Heavy duty road construction equipments (Bulldozers & Roller)
to assist them in rural road reconstruction. Currently work is ongoing in
about fifteen rural roads in parts of the state including the new secretariat
complex the new Lion Building Abuja Governor’s Lodge among others. In the
area of Agriculture, the administration designed a programme of mechanized
agriculture and acquired about seventy farm tractors, some grating machines for
cassava processing and attracted a contract of N1.6billion naira from the
Federal Government for the rehabilitation of Adarice farm at Uzo Uwani.
It also established state college of Agriculture at
Iwollo Ezeagu local government for the training of middle level manpower in
that sector of the economy. Government also sponsored the training of
more than 100 graduate farmers at Bene republic under the Songai/Enugu
initiative to transform the state and improve on the socio-economic well being
of the people. Presently the graduate farmers have been empowered to
store their own small holder farm production including rice production,
piggery, poultry, cassava production among others. The Henieke Lake farm
is being developed while some farm inputs and seedlings and fertilizers are
being sold to farmers at highly subsidized rate.
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Presently, the Enugu State Government is spending Four Hundred and Sixty Seven million Naira for the establishment of a pineapple industry in the state. The pineapple industry which is in partnership with San Carlos Farm Industry, Mexico is located round Oji, Awgu and Udi local government areas covering more than three thousand hectares of land. Already, about five hundred hectares of the farm had been cultivated with irrigation facilities provided. It is expected that about two hundred workers will be employed to work in the industry.
See some photos.
L-R: Chief of Staff, Enugu State Govt House Mrs Ifeoma Nwobodo, Enugu State Governor, Barr. Sullivan Chime, Commissioner for Commerce & Industry, Dr Jude Akubilo, former SPA Agriculture Hon Victor Agbo & Mr San Carlos on an inspection tour of the pineapple plantation recently.
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