Okatahi gave the details at a one-day training on electronic agricultural extension programme for ADP workers held in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital.
According to him, the state government, labour leaders and other related stakeholders have been engaging in fruitful discussions.
He added that significant progress has been made which would soon be made known to the public.
Okatahi said: “The Kogi State Government under the leadership of Governor Yahaya Bello is compassionate about the plight of the workers and very soon the issue would be resolved.”
He stated that Kogi was poised to be a leading agricultural state in Nigeria, adding that government had a great vision for agriculture in the state.
He said the ADP is the implementation arm, saying the training would be replicated in all the zones across the state.
He said: “The recently signed ethanol project using cassava and sugar cane is so large that farmers from neighbouring states will benefit from it and ADP workers will be in charge of the extension services.
“The technology will be a major tool to be applied by this government in achieving her agricultural revolution goal.”
A project, tagged: “Fair Agric Project” (FAP) would be launched during an agricultural Summit holding on Nov. 20 & 21, titled: “Agriculture: Investment Opportunities”, he said.
On Wednesday, Labour leaders met with the Chairman of Kogi West New Direction Advisory Committee, Sen. Smart Adeyemi and the Kogi State Deputy Governor, Mr Simon Achuba, with a view to finding a common ground to end the ongoing strike.
The meeting also had in attendance, TUC state’s chairman, Mr Ranti Ojo, the vice chairman of the state NLC and five executives of the labour union.
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