Ogun agric team holds strategic session, brainstorms on 2021 roadmap

DETERMINED to expand Agricultural frontiers as well as surpass its achievement in the outgone year, Ogun State Agric  Team has held a strategic and brainstorming. Declaring the session which held at the State’s Veterinary Hospital  Ita Eko Abeokuta open, Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Adeola Odedina, said there was the need to do a self-appraisal, charging the team to redouble efforts to engender a seamless implementation of the government’s  Agricultural programmes.

While thanking God for the successes recorded in the outgone year, Odedina charged the Agric Team of the Ministry to brace up and redouble effort in order to surpass the achievement of last year. He submitted that the gift of life was the greatest achievement, thus thanked God for preserving every member of the Team and appreciated the governor,  Prince  Dapo Abiodun for support given to the Ministry.

“We are privileged to be in charge of Food Security, Industrial Linkage, Land administration among others, accounting for the influx of investors into our dear State. I sincerely appreciate you all, during the outgone year, we were not found wanting, that doesn’t mean that there is no room for improvement.

“We are more of social technologists, we should have good relationship with our clients, attend to people with courtesy and let’s keep our record. “As we forge ahead in our drive to implement our Agricultural plans and programmes, I urge you all to be more productive, focused, friendly and firm even as we attend to our farmers with courtesy and good relationship”, Odedina said.

He said the state government was working with the Federal Government and private sectors to promote the consumption of Vitamin A and biofortified food as well as sensitising the people on the need to grow nutritious food.

He assured that the Ministry would create a feedback mechanism across the 20 Local Government Areas where inquiries on any of its programmes would be promptly responded to, just as the Agro-shop located at the State’s secretariat would serve as linkage centre In his contribution, permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Dotun Sorunke who acknowledged that year 2020 was an eventful year with the Ministry making many giant strides, stating that more positive development will be witnessed this year, reiterating the need to retrospect with a view to adequately evaluate nd empower implementors of government programmes with ideas of government on Agriculture in order to drive the agenda.

He equally appreciated the governor, Commissioner and the entire Agric Team, expressing the hope that more lofty agricultural programmes will be witnessed this year. Also in attendance were the Senior Special Assistants to the Governor on Agriculture, Dr Angel Adelaja-Kuye, Tolu Bankole as well as the top echelon of the Ogun State Agricultural  Development Programme (OGADEP), Ogun State Economic Transformation Programme (OGSTEP) The  Cassava Revolution Programme, Ogun State Agriculture Corporation ( AGROCORP) and the State’s Value  Chain Development Programme (VCDP), FADAMA Project, Nigeria Cares as well as Directors and their Deputies, among others.

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