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Establishment of Ibom Model farm in Partnership with Songhai Farms
May 29, 2024
Establishment of Ibom Model farm in Partnership with Songhai Farms

Source: LeadershipThe Akwa Ibom State Government has initiated the establishment of Ibom Model farm, a 50 hectares farm in Nsit Ubium LGA in partnership with Songhai Farms. In line with his administration’s ‘ARISE Agenda’ on agriculture, Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has flagged off the construction of Ibom Model Farms (IMF) at Ikot Edibon, Nsit Ubium Local Government Area.

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Livestock Farmers Get Farm Inputs as COVID-19 Recovery Plan through AKCares
May 29, 2024
Livestock Farmers Get Farm Inputs as COVID-19 Recovery Plan through AKCares

Source: New TelegraphThe Akwa Ibom Government has given Farm inputs to about 900 livestock farmers as COVID-19 recovery plan in Akwa Ibom. The provision of the farm inputs is part of the State Government's plans to promote community farming through AKCares. Beneficiaries of the AK-CARES Phase 2 Programme in Nsit Ubium Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, have described the exercise as a big relief from the present economic situation, as it will boost food production in the State.

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Akwa Ibom Education Ministry trains Teachers on the use of virtual reality technology
May 24, 2024
Akwa Ibom Education Ministry trains Teachers on the use of virtual reality technology

Source: The Dune NewspaperTeachers from select public secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State have been trained on the use of Virtual Reality Immersive Learning and EduTap, Information unit in the Ministry has reported. The one-day training was organised by the Ministry of Education in partnership with Inforport Technology Limited, an information technology services outfit based in Lagos, held at Community secondary school, Aka Offot, Uyo.The teachers were trained on the use of Virtual Reality Immersive Learning (VRILE) and EduTap Devices, which are innovative technology solutions which operate on electronic-based interfacing devices designed to ease the activities of imparting knowledge in schools using modern, digitised educational devices for easy retention of lessons by students.

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Gov. Eno Flagged off the Construction of a Model Government Primary School, in Idung Offiong community, Eket Local Government.
May 24, 2024
Gov. Eno Flagged off the Construction of a Model Government Primary School, in Idung Offiong community, Eket Local Government.

Source: Vanguard AKWA Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno has formally flagged off the construction of a Model Government Primary School, in the Idung Offiong community, Eket Local Government in fulfilment of his administration’s one project per local government area initiative.He also reiterated that the first set of projects would be completed within six months in all 31 local government areas, after which another set of 31 projects would be chosen.  His words, “This is the first of the projects that will be delivered in all 31 local Governments of this State. As part of our rural development drive, we have allowed communities and Local Governments to do a NEEDS assessment, align it with what we have and deliver it to the people.  “So this project was chosen by Eket Local Government stakeholders. They want a School built here. We are here today to use this as our point of contact to flag off all the projects under the initiative in the Eket Senatorial district. When we leave here, we will go to Uyo Senatorial district and later to Ikot Ekpene.  “We will do 31 projects across the State, and those projects I believe should be completed in six months and then we will take another 31 projects. So if you have a School this time, you may have a hospital next time. And if you have a hospital now, you may have markets later."

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Orphan and Vulnerable Children Education Support: Promise Unfulfilled
May 24, 2024
Orphan and Vulnerable Children Education Support: Promise Unfulfilled

Governor Seyi Makinde's campaign promise to establish a dedicated Orphan and Vulnerable Children Education Support Program was not implemented during his first term (2019-2023).   While the Roadmap to Accelerated Development 2019-2023 contained commitments to improve access for orphans and vulnerable children, no specific education support program targeting this population was formally launched or monitored with documented beneficiary figures during the first term period.

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Oyo Scales Nutrition Interventions as Save the Children and Action Against Hunger Partnerships Take Root
May 24, 2024
Oyo Scales Nutrition Interventions as Save the Children and Action Against Hunger Partnerships Take Root

As the first term concluded in May 2023, the partnership with Save the Children had matured into a state-wide service delivery model. Under the ANRiN project, for which the Oyo State Government paid a consistent annual commitment fund of N50 million, Save the Children became responsible for delivering a "Basic Package of Nutrition Services" in seventeen (17) specific local government areas.  These services included the distribution of Vitamin A, deworming tablets, and zinc/ORS for diarrhea management. By early 2023, it was reported that these interventions had reached thousands of vulnerable children, stabilizing nutrition indices that had been on the decline prior to 2019.  Throughout 2022, the state moved to deepen the integration of these programs with Local Government Ministries. The Oyo State Primary Healthcare Board (OYPHCB) collaborated with these international partners to train hundreds of Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs) across the state.  This period also saw the successful adoption of the National Multisectoral Plan of Action for Food and Nutrition at the state level. Action Against Hunger provided critical technical support during this phase, helping the state to map out its "wasting" prevalence and identify the most vulnerable wards for targeted intervention.  The foundational steps for these partnerships were laid in the first two years of the administration, but the actual procurement and engagement of Save the Children as a primary implementation partner did not conclude until May 2021.  This delay was largely due to the rigorous selection process required by international funding partners and the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, once instituted, the programs became a central part of the state’s strategy to reduce child mortality and improve maternal health outcomes across its local government structures by the end of the 2019–2023 mandate. 

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Oyo Emerges as Africa’s Cassava Processing Hub as Sorbitol and Industrial Factories Go Live
May 24, 2024
Oyo Emerges as Africa’s Cassava Processing Hub as Sorbitol and Industrial Factories Go Live

The push for industrial-scale processing reached a historic peak in August 2022, when the Governor inaugurated the Psaltry International Company Limited sorbitol factory in Ado-Awaye, Iseyin. As the first of its kind in Africa, the facility established a massive outlet for cassava farmers, capable of producing 25 tons of sorbitol daily for use in global pharmaceutical and food industries.   This milestone followed the strategic development of the Fasola Agribusiness Industrial Hub, which was transformed from a moribund livestock farm into a multi-sectoral processing zone hosting over ten medium-to-large-scale agribusinesses engaged in crop and dairy processing.  Earlier in the term, specifically on June 4, 2021, the administration commissioned the Rontol Farms Industrial Cassava Factory in Ilora. This facility was the result of a deliberate public-private partnership aimed at boosting the state's capacity to convert raw tubers into high-quality flour and starch.   During this same period, the government successfully collaborated with the private sector to revive the moribund Ido-Ibadan Farming and Marketing Cooperative Factory. By late 2021, the facility was restored to a processing capacity of 30 tonnes of cassava daily, providing a vital processing link for local smallholder cooperatives that had been dormant for years.  The journey began in 2019 with the institutional restructuring of the state's agricultural policy, moving away from "political farming" to "agribusiness." By late 2020, the creation of OYSADA provided the framework needed to offer land, security, and infrastructure to investors like Niji Group and Psaltry.  These foundational efforts ensured that by the end of the first term in May 2023, Oyo State had transitioned from a purely agrarian landscape to a burgeoning processing hub, with multiple active industrial centers integrated into the rural economy.

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Seyi Makinde Breaks Promise to Provide Silos at Four Agricultural Zones
May 24, 2024
Seyi Makinde Breaks Promise to Provide Silos at Four Agricultural Zones

As the first term reached its conclusion in May 2023, the state's agricultural storage capacity remained largely unchanged from 2019 levels. While the administration's "Roadmap for Sustainable Development" for the second term began to prioritize "modular processing and community storage," we can confirm that the ambitious plan for a four-zone silo network had not been realized.  Farmers in the Ogbomoso, Saki, and Ibadan zones continued to rely on traditional, less efficient storage methods or private warehouses, as no state-led silo construction was delivered in these areas.  By mid-term in 2021 and 2022, the government's narrative had shifted toward the development of "Agribusiness Industrial Hubs," such as the Fasola Hub. While these hubs were designed to include processing and some private-sector storage, they did not fulfill the specific public-sector mandate of providing state-managed silos to support a government buyback program for the general farming population.  During this period, the Awe silo project, which was initially promised for completion within five months of its 2019 revival, suffered from repeated delays.  The journey began with high expectations in September 2019, when the state government settled a long-standing legal battle with Rahvet International Limited, the contractor for the 10,000-metric-tonne Awe silo. The administration directed the contractor to return to the site, emphasizing that the silo was 68% complete and essential for the state's "buyback" vision. At that time, officials publicly projected a January 2020 delivery date.  However, as the focus remained solely on this one inherited site, the broader promise to establish similar facilities in the other three agricultural zones was effectively abandoned, leaving the state's grain storage strategy incomplete by the May 2023 handover.

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Oyo Formalizes Agribusiness Data and Input Support, but Dedicated Farmer Credit Remains Limited at Term’s End
May 23, 2024
Oyo Formalizes Agribusiness Data and Input Support, but Dedicated Farmer Credit Remains Limited at Term’s End

As the first term drew to a close in early 2023, the administration’s agricultural focus remained heavily weighted toward "input support" rather than liquid credit. Through the Oyo-CARES (NG-CARES) program, the state distributed agricultural inputs to over 10,000 farmers across the 33 Local Government Areas.  While these materials provided significant financial relief to farmers who would have otherwise needed to borrow money to purchase them, independent reports from agricultural unions indicated that the transition to a dedicated, cash-based revolving loan scheme for the general farming population was still in the works as the May 2023 deadline approached.  Earlier in 2021 and 2022, the government prioritized the data-gathering and institutional reform of the Agricultural Credit Corporation of Oyo State (ACCOS). After years of inactivity under previous administrations, a new board was appointed and the agency was recapitalized.  During this phase, the Agribusiness Development Agency (OYSADA) conducted a biometric registration of farmers to create a "clean" database, an essential step to prevent the "political farmer" phenomenon that had crippled previous loan schemes. However, this rigorous verification process meant that the large-scale disbursement of dedicated agricultural loans was deferred while the agency’s internal machinery was being rebuilt.  The foundational effort began in June 2020 with the launch of the ₦1 Billion MSME Development Fund. This facility, managed through microfinance banks, provided loans at a 9% interest rate to various business owners, including those in the agribusiness sector.  While this fulfilled the "single-digit" promise for those who could access it, the requirement for civil servant guarantors and the general nature of the fund limited its reach among grassroots smallholder farmers. Consequently, by the end of the 2019–2023 term, the administration had successfully delivered "input credit" and general business loans but had not yet operationalized a dedicated, state-wide cash credit system specifically for farmers. 

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