The agricultural industrialisation of the State Government has started yielding fruits as a private company, AMOBYN Farms Nigeria Limited has off-taken 54, 000 Ogun State broiler birds.
The Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Adeola Odedina, who represented the Governor at the official commissioning of the Ogun Broiler Project, at the Odeda Farm Institute, noted that the State Government is not only ready to empower youths for sustainability, but also to discharge them into opportunities, which would be of immense benefit to the individual and the State at large.
He noted that the day old chicks that were distributed to the beneficiaries over five weeks ago has been handed over to the off-takers, AMOBYN Farms, who would buy it from them, while the beneficiaries would start another cycle in a few weeks, saying each beneficiary would earn a profit of about ₦140, 000 per cycle.
While thanking the Bank of Industry for providing financial support for the project, Dr Odedina further revealed that it is only through industrialisation of agriculture such as this, where a farmer can raise birds in their thousands, with off-takers available, that the State can, not only create employment opportunities, but also create smart farmers who would encourage other youths to participate in agribusiness through their success stories.
The Chief Executive Officer, AMOBYN Farms Nigeria Limited, Dr Ayoola Oduntan noted that the project is in line with the State Government’s agenda to empower youths, create jobs, wealth, food sustainability and other opportunities along the value chain, saying his company chose the State as it is the investment destination of choice and being the largest producer of poultry products in the country.
He also revealed that his company is ready to support the current administration in its on-going efforts at industrialising the agricultural sector, charging the beneficiaries to take the next cycle project as an opportunity to become major entrepreneurs in their own right.
Earlier in his address, Mr Taiwo Solesi, who spoke on behalf of the beneficiaries lauded the State Government for the opportunity afforded them, saying they would contribute their quota at taking agriculture to greater heights and thereby making the State the food basket of the nation.
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