Farmers in Ogun State have concluded plans to launch a N200 million appeal fund for their Farm Produce House.
The farmers, under the aegis of Yewa Awori Farm Produce Traders and Farmers Association (YAPTA), Ogun State, said the launch of the N200 million would hold on February 7, with Governor Ibikunle Amosun as the special guest of honour.
A statement by Shola Olaleye, Programme Coordinator, YAPTA, said other dignitaries expected at the launch included the Deputy Governor of Ogun State, Yetunde Onanuga, the governor’s wife, Mrs. Olufunso Amosun, National President of Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Mrs. Alaba Lawson, among others.
The Acting Secretary of the association, Prince Mathew Ajibawo, in the statement, said the programme was planned to be the single largest gathering of farm produce traders and farmers in the history of Yewa/Awori land, adding that it was equally organised to create more awareness and sensitisation of traders on their expected role in nation building.
He stressed that the inauguration would be done alongside the first formal fund raising.
Ajibawo said the association was formed to respond to the negative impact of fragmentation and proliferation of mushroom associations in the zone, which had made it very difficult and impossible to chart a common front and agenda for the zone.
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