Why we earmarked 200, 000ha for oil palm plantation – Obaseki

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…reiterates commitment to create Oil Palm Council

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said his administration plans to earmark not less than 200,000 hectares of land for organised oil palm plantation to diversify the state’s economy and create jobs for its teeming youth population.

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki (3rd from right); Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Hon. Monday Osaigbovo (left);Chief Executive Officer, SIAT Group, Gert Vandersmissen (2nd left, front row); Chairman, Plantation Owners Forum of Nigeria (POFUN), Emmanuel Ibru (3rd from left); Facilitator, Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), Nigeria, Fatai Afolabi (4th from right); Managing Director, Okomo Oil Palm Company Plc., Graham Hefer (2nd from right); and other stakeholders in the oil palm industry, during the public presentation and launching of the Nigeria National…



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