OKADA FARMERS LETTER

REQUEST FOR YOUR SUPPORT Elders and Chairman, Okokhuo Community Development Authority

2012-03-18T12:49:00.003-07:00

The Elders and Chairman,

Okokhuo Community Development Authority

Ovia North-East Local Government Area

Okada.

Sir,

REQUEST FOR YOUR SUPPORT

Having successfully inaugurated the Ovia North-East Local Government Area farmers multi-purpose co-operative Union, in the main hall of the council secretariat on Wednesday 22^nd of June 2011, we requested from the council boss space for the Union farmers settlement. And a government reserve was cited around your community area which the Farmers Union wrote for.

Today we are very glad to inform you that the piece of land measuring 100 Hectares (one hundred Hectares) has officially been approved for this body. We hereby wish to request for your assistance in developing the settlement for better productions.

The citing of this Farmers Co-operative farm in your community will afford us the opportunity to decide together as one family, the future of farmers in your community area. As is true that most of the immediate beneficiaries of this project may be the indigenes of your community. Therefore, your support and assistance will go a long way to enable the Farmers Union achieve this targeted goals of making farming a cherish able business in Edo State.

Finally sir, the Union wishes to seek your unflinching support towards the attainment of our unique goals (bringing all farmers in the area together) for enhanced production, and improved well being. We clearly understand that there is strength in unity.

Thanks

Yours Faithfully

For Ovia North-East Local Government Area Farmers Multi-purpose Co-operative Union

REQUEST FOR FARMLAND comm. for agriculture

2012-03-18T12:48:00.000-07:00

The Commissioner for Agriculture

Thro the Area Forest Officer

Ovia North-East Local Government Area

Okada.

Sir,

REQUEST FOR FARMLAND

The Ovia North-East Local Government Area farmers’ multi-purpose co-operative union, (the apex co-operative group) representing all farmers/co-operative societies in the local government area. Having done a survey on what to do to promote agriculture in the local government area and beyond, we arrived at the decision to request for this piece of farmland from your ministry to enable us set up what is known as Organized Co-operative Farm (OCF). Where every farmer’s co-operative societies (FCS) will have a stake.

To achieve this aim therefore, we request from your office sir, to please allot any available forest area in any part of the Ovia North-East Local Government Area to this Union, for the said purpose.

Expected Result:- We envisage a lot of benefits once the request is granted.

This will enable the farmers in the area to be well organized. This can only be achieved if all farmers are encouraged to work together as a team. Be inform sir that in this proposed farmers community, every co-operative society operating within the local government area will be allotted a portion in this proposed Organized Co-operative Farm (OCF). The synergic impact of this cohesion will thus lead to increased output.

1. It will enable the farmers in the local government area access this land which in turn will urgment their re-organization for better produce.

2. It will help the farmers realize the reason(s) why they must live within the farm environment.

3. It will enhance mass production, of agricultural products; thus leading to increased food supply. As which will in turn help in the reduction in foodstuff price.

4. It will help attract foreign investors to the local government area, to assist in our urge to project agriculture in the locality.

5. It will project the image of farmers in the area and also help them be fitted in their place in the scheme of things, as farmers from the most fertile land in the country.

We will be most grateful if our request is looked into with your favorable eyes. Remember sir that ….. “NO FARMERS’ NO NATION”

Support Ovia North-East Local Government Area Farmers Multi-purpose co-operative Union Today, so that we in turn can support others.

Thanks.

For Ovia North-East Local Government Area Farmers Multi-purpose co-operative Union Limited.

REQUEST FOR FARMLAND cc: Head of Budget and Planning Department of Budget and Planning Ovia North-East Local Government Area Okada.

2012-03-18T12:46:00.001-07:00

The Head of Budget and Planning

Department of Budget and Planning

Ovia North-East Local Government Area

Okada.

Sir,

REQUEST FOR FARMLAND

Having written to the Commissioner for agriculture and his counterpart in the ministry of environment, and also forwarding a copy to the Transition Chairman who in support of our program also wrote a back-up letter for the Union to show his interest in the objectives of this body, we hereby request for your assistance in securing at least one mile square space of land located in any part of the Ovia North East Local Government Area, to support this heart driven program of the farmers union.

at least to encourage us to prepare extremely for the purpose of embarking on a massive production this farming season.

This project becomes a priority for this group as a follow up of the result of the statistics taken by the Ovia North-East Local Government Area farmers’ multi-purpose co-operative union, (the apex co-operative group) representing all farmers/co-operative societies in the local government area. Having done a survey on what to do to promote agriculture in the local government area and beyond, we arrived at the decision to request for this piece of farmland from your ministry to enable us set up what is known as Organized Co-operative Farm (OCF). Where every farmer’s co-operative societies (FCS) will have a stake.

To achieve this aim therefore, we request from your office sir, to please allot any available forest area in any part of the Ovia North-East Local Government Area to this Union, for the said purpose. Or refer our request to the appropriate department, in charge.

Expected Result:- We envisage a lot of benefits once the request is granted.

As this will enable the farmers in the area to be well organized. This can only be achieved if all farmers are encouraged to work together as a team. Be inform sir that in this proposed farmers community, every co-operative society operating within the local government area will be allotted a portion of farmland.in this proposed Organized Co-operative Farm (OCF). The synergic impact of this cohesion will thus lead to increased output.

1. It will enable the farmers in the local government area produce excess to guarantee enough for consumption and for export.

2. It will help the farmers realize the reason(s) why they must live within the farm environment.

3. It will help the farmers share ideas on ways to develop their produce for maximum yield.

4. It will enhance mass production, of agricultural products; thus leading to increased food supply. As which will in turn help in the reduction in foodstuff price.

5. It will help attract foreign investors to the local government area, to assist in our urge to project agriculture in the locality.

6. It will help to easily reach the heart of various government offices contemplating assisting co-operative farmers.

7. It will project the image of farmers in the area and also help them be fitted in their place in the scheme of things, as farmers from the most fertile land in the country.

We will be most grateful if our request is looked into with your favourable eyes. Remember sir that ….. NO FARMERS’ NO FOOD.

Support Ovia North-East Local Government Area Farmers Multi-purppose co-operative Union Today, so that we in turn can support others. By producing surplus for them, at reasonable prices.

Thanks,

For Ovia North-East Local Government Area Farmers Multi-purpose co-operative Union Limited

REPOSITIONING AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF AGRICULTURE IN OVIA NORTH-EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

2012-03-18T12:45:00.000-07:00

In the process to co-ordinate the activities of all co-operative Societies in the Local Government Area, Ovia North East local government area farmers Multi-purpose Co-operative union limited has been set up with the mandate to fill up the gap between the co-operators and the government.

After fulfilling all the requirement of registration as requisite by Law to function as a statutory body, we deemed it fit to officially inform you of the existence of this group as the Apex co-operative in the Local Government Area. Also the regulatory body for all co-operative in Ovia North-East Local Government Area. With objectives, as stated below;

i. To organize thrift and credit operations

ii. To provide credit for labour and consumption finance

iii. To disseminate the knowledge of modern farming to our affiliate members by having the services of agric extension officers and production/processing professionals.

iv. To handle other measures designed towards uplifting the lifestyles of our registered members, and also to encourage them to apply the principles which teach oneness and cooperation among our affiliates.

v. To market the produce of our members for better price, and also to provide storage facilities for inputs, farm products, machinery, etc.

We are very proud to present this result and request in this great crowd because it is a report of good performance. Mr. Chairman Sir, we the executives and members of this great farmers Union wants to partner with the management of Ovia North East local government Area in order to develop agriculture and ensure massive production for our people. We thank you for always giving hears to our plight at all times. We want to bring to your notice that any nation that really wants to succeed in stabilizing her economy must do well to develop the agricultural sector. As this is the only sector that is never weary out. Hence we the Ovia North-East Farmers recognize the reasons to partner with you in this regard as this partnership will help to reposition Agriculture in the Area.

So far the union is made up of co-cooperative society spread across the 13 ward in the local government area. The aim of this coming together of farmers is to make sure that farmers in the local government speak with one voice as it will appreciate to addressing the problem affecting individual/co-operative farmers in the area. It is remarkable to note that Igbobi community have supported this body with a piece of land measuring 100ft by 200ft for the purpose of supporting the effort of this union towards the processing factory for plantain ships/flower and extraction of starch, proposed by the Union. We humbly call on our amiable chairman and his executives therefore to support in the construction of this factory . We are very sure that this will help to add value to our farm products. Chairman sir , we the farmer in Ovia North East Local Government Area wish to assure you that if given the necessary support, we will flock the market with sufficient food products at a cheaper rate.

A TARGET SET

To speed up the reformation process which will in turn translate to the sustainability of this venture, The Edo State Farmers Agency has set up Target for all farmers Union in the Eighteen Local Government Area that make up this Edo State Agency, to do the best they could in order to make food available and affordable for their various local government area, as this will complement the effort of the Chairmen who are doing everything possible to put food in the table of their citizenry.

We want to make it clear sir that this Union was formed based on the cooperative organizational structure as contained in the policy document of the Nigeria Cooperative movement.

Section 82^D of the book states: “The Unions must act firmly as mouth piece for the societies that they represent”. As this is expected to boast their relevance and ensure success. Also in the book, ‘Co-operative administration in Nigeria authored by S.Owojuyigbe, page 28 paragraph 1 to page 29 paragraph 1 states: “Members of secondary co-operative societies are corporate bodies of primary cooperative societies. When primary societies join together, they become an association which may affiliate to a secondary society or a union. The union renders services to the primary societies”. Such services as outlined below:-

ü Giving advance loan/grants.

ü Making sure the books of the primary societies affiliated to them are up to date

ü Thrift and credit operations.

ü Stock quality seeds and distribution to farmers

ü To provide hire facilities of tractors and other farm machinery.

ü To distribute fertilizers and other farm chemicals

ü To provide spraying equipments and chemicals

ü To provide credit for labour and consumption finance

ü To provide fishing gears and equipment.

ü To disseminate knowledge on modern farming by having the services of extension officers and agric professionals.

ü To provide services for harvesting, pooling, grading and transporting.

ü To market the produce for better price, while providing storage facilities for inputs, farm products, machinery, etc.

ü To undertake simple processing of the products of the farmers

ü To procure and distribute consumer commodities.

ü Any other measures designed on cooperative principles to encourage among its members the spirit and practice of cooperation.

These are some of the services that unions could offer to primary cooperative. The union also helps them to source for fund and also do their best to add value to the products of the primary societies. On this basis sir, the Ovia North East Local Government Farmers Multi-purpose co-operative union having been supported with a plot of land measuring 100 by 200ft in Igbobi community of Oghede ward, O.N.E.L.G Area wish to solicit for your support to enable them start up the plantain chips/flour and starch processing mill proposed to be set up in that community, by the management of the union.

We are very confident that you will support this venture. As prior to now, there is no doubt that we have not been making maximum use of our productive land. Note sir that the farmers in this local government area has not been very happy as most of the food we consume is imported from the neighboring states. This trend we would have been able to curb if the appropriate authority has made provisions for the farmers to:-

A. Support the farmers to access available Loans and Grants directed towards these hardworking group of persons in our communities. Therefore, we want to solicit our able Chairman to support farmers in the Local Government Area with soft loans. As this will assist the farmers to diversify from only cassava cultivation to other crops as mentioned in section “D” of page 5

B. We also humbly implore you sir, to assist co-operative in your L.G. Area to offset their own part of the FADAMA III counterpart fund in order for all your farmers to benefit from this program. As their benefit will also help project the kind of lifestyles lived in Ovia North East.

C. Being a new group just formed, there is every tendency that starting up grant will go a long way to enable this Union to rent a place which will be used as the secretariat of the Farmers Union. Before we succeed in setting up permanent office in the proposed Organized Farmers Community (O.F.C) when you finally approve an area for us, to start up the farmers mechanized farming project.

For example, we have a very fertile land that can be used for the cultivation of tomatoes. But because our farmers are not given the required assistant, this make it seem as if our farmers are not qualified to produce the crop. The issue of yellow yam in our market has become a thing of the past. But is it really true that if our farmers are aided that they cannot keep producing this yam? (Ikpen).

It looks like a dream to many that water-melon consumed in this state is the product of Edo Land. Before this era, Edo Farmers were deceived that water-melon cannot do well in the state. But with required support farmers in the Local Government Area are ever willing to flock the market with this product at a cheaper rate, under the management of Ovia North East Farmers Union.

We are very sure that we are not asking for too much from you sir, if what we are requesting for is just to support your farmers, in order to enable our farmers produce more for the Local Government Area and the nation in general. After carefully analyzing the areas we want to address in our urge to reform the farming industry in Ovia North East Areas listed below is the area we actually needs the assistant of the Local Government authority:

i. We want to expand on the production and preservation of cocoa

ii. As spelt out in our write-up, we want to be very sure we can produce the required quantity of plantain to run our plantain chips/flour factory.

iii. We wish to set-up the organize farmers community, where farmers will dwell together to share Ideas together in order to enhance the development of seeds and other materials expected to upgrade the lifestyle of the farmers in Ovia North East.

iv. We believe we can add value to cassava product if we embark on the processing of starch into powder in the proposed Ovia North East Cottage industry.

v. We have well organized snail farmers who are ever ready to flock our markets with assorted sizes of snail at affordable prices. We want to boast this department because of the essentiality of the product.

vi. You very well know sir that Fadama is a World Bank Program geared towards empowering farmers’ for better production. But the problems farmers are facing are for our various governments to play their role and also assist farmers that could not meet up financially to benefit from the program. It is compulsory to do this because if the farmers cannot benefit, it may affect the farming Industry negatively, in the state or Local Government Area.

This write- up is just to intimate you of our intention to reform the agricultural sector in your domain. This automatically means that the Ovia North East Farmers union is saying “we can’t do this repositioning work independently of your support for us”. Therefore sir, we want you to assist us urgently in the areas outlined below:

A. Apportion to us a reasonable size of farmland where the union will be able to oversee the affairs of all farmers in the area affiliated to her. In order to guard them through the process of cultivation and also working towards adding value to their products in order to meet export standard.

B. Help us to start up our plantain chips/flour and starch processing factory expected to be cited in a parcel of land contributed to this union free to aid their reformation move. this will help the farmers have a ready market for their produce as the cottage industry will always be available to acquire and process such product as they might require {Land cited in Igbobi Community} also hoping to locate space of land in Okada and Idumwengie. Where such factories will be cited for the Union

C. We want you sir to help us speed us the process of Fadama III so that beneficiaries can make meaningful use of it. We also expect sir that groups qualified that cannot afford their counterpart fund, should be assisted in this regard.

D. It has been established that tomatoes, pepper, watermelon, yellow yam/other yam, rice, beans and onions can do very well in our land, if farmers can be sponsored to training on ways to develop these product in the Local Government Area. We the executives of ONEFU will be most grateful if your honorable office can resolve to assist us in these areas as the first Local Government in the state to do so. Note sir, agriculture is the base of Nigeria foundation.

E. Our local farmers are seriously in need of chemicals to protect their crops from black pod disease, as it is posing a serious threat to local cocoa farmers in the area in recent time.

F. We have resolved sir that if the land we intend to use for the farmers’ village is approved for us, we will set up fish pond. The type that will be able to provide sufficient fish for consumption in the Local Government Area and for export. We will also set up piggery and poultry. Glory be to God, as the waste from these farms will aid our move to develop a dung to produce natural fertilizer for our use in the farmers village.

G. The Union on behalf of all the co-operative Societies in the Local Government Area also request for your support to add value to their products by means of assistance in the area of material needed to burn charcoal to export standard. We believe there is a lot of benefit you will derive from this venture if we finally succeeds. We don’t want to request for too much at this time sir. But to start with these which we believe are within your power to accomplish for the zealous and heart warming re-awakened sector of our great economy.

Benefits expected.

We envisage a lot of benefits once this request is granted as this will enable the farmers in the area to be well organized. This can only be achieved if all farmers are encouraged to work together as a team. Be inform sir that in this proposed farmers community, every co-operative society operating within the local government area will be allotted a portion in this proposed Organized Farmers Community (OFC). The synergic impact of this cohesion will thus lead to increased output. As…..

1. It will enable the farmers in the local government area access this land which in turn will urgment their re-organization for better produce.

2. It will help the farmers realize the reason(s) why they must live within the farm environment.

3. It will enhance mass production, of agricultural products; thus leading to increased food supply. As which will in turn help in the reduction in foodstuff price.

4. It will help attract foreign investors to the local government area, to assist in our urge to project agriculture in the locality.

5. It will project the image of farmers in the area and also help them be fitted in their place in the scheme of things, as farmers from the most fertile land in the country.

REQUEST FOR COURTESY VISIT ovia north east chairman

2012-03-18T12:43:00.002-07:00

The Chairman

Ovia North-East Local Government Area

Okada.

Sir,

REQUEST FOR COURTESY VISIT

Having successfully inaugurated the Ovia North-East Local Government Area farmers multi-purpose co-operative Union, in the main hall of the council secretariat on Wednesday 22^nd of June 2011, we deem it fit to officially pay courtesy visit to your office to familiarize the relationship between the farmers Union and the local government authority.

We want to thank you for the fatherly role you played during the inauguration of the Union, as this facilitated the success of the program. Despite the fact that you were not present physically, we know your presence was with us in the form of representation by your secretary.

The purpose of this august visit is outline thereof:-

it will afford us the opportunity to decide together as one family, the future of farmers in your local government area. As is true in other areas of endeavor, farmers are beset with some challenges which we very much hope that meeting you to reason together, will afford us the opportunity to discuss and proffer solution to these problems.
The Union wants to develop and sustain mutual collaboration with your local government. It is clear that this will translate to poverty alleviation among the rural dwellers.
It is necessary to present our work plans to reposition agriculture in Ovia North-East Local Government Area as a union, to your humble office. The Union strongly believes that the current echelon and practice of agriculture can be given a boost with high productivity and efficiency as the end result.
Finally sir, the Union wishes to seek your unflinching support towards the attainment of our unique goals (bringing all farmers in the local government area together) for enhanced production, and improved well being. We clearly understand that there is strength in unity.

We have scheduled this meeting for Tuesday 2^nd August 2011 (Tentative Date).

Thanks

Yours Faithfully

For Ovia North-East Local Government Area Farmers Multi-purpose Co-operative Union

INCESSANT GRAZING OF CATTLE ON FARMLAND AND INDISCRIMINATE BURNING BY CATTLE REARERS.

2012-03-18T12:42:00.002-07:00

20^TH January, 2012

The Transition Chairman,

Ovia North-east Local Government Area,

Okada.

Sir,

INCESSANT GRAZING OF CATTLE ON FARMLAND AND INDISCRIMINATE BURNING BY CATTLE REARERS.

We wish to intimate you of the problems our farmer as a result of cattle rearers taking their herds to graze on our farm lands. As a result of this, these animals have destroyed various produce of our affiliate farmers. Among the crops destroyed are cassava, yam and plantain. And as you know, these are these are the main crops our farmers depend on for their livelihood. The continuous destruction of these crops by the animals has brought untold hardship to the farmers which in turn, results to poverty. Most painful is that most of these farmers uses loan to develop their farms. Repayment will pose a problem if the trend is not stopped.

Secondly, the cattle rearers at the peak of dry season burn the bushes indiscriminately with a view to stimulate new and succulent grass to feed their animal. This fire escalates by harmattan wind to destroy crop and forest resources. This indiscriminate bush burning according to research, have multidimensional effect on the farms, forest land and the nation at large. Such that farmers life time investment on farm can be destroyed by fire without compensation. forest resources that are also destroyed expose soil to leaching and erosion.

Efforts to address this issue with the cattle rearers have not yielded the desired result as most of them turn out to be aggressive and some time, ready to attack the farmers either with dagger or guns. We have proof to this fact.

Against this background we humbly request the chairman to as matter of urgency, call the cattle rearers to order and to ask them to remove their cattle from our farm lands to avoid breakdown of peace and order and to be made to pay compensation for crops destroyed. They should also be made to guarantee the Farmers Union in Ovia North East that henceforth, they will stop indiscriminate bush burning as this have caused great loss to farmers.

It is our hope that your intervention will help to put an end to this menace of the cattle rearers.

Thanks for your anticipated co-operation.

RE: REQUEST FOR FARMLAND to commisioner of environment and utilities

2012-03-18T12:30:00.001-07:00

The Commissioner for Environment and Utilities

ATTENTION: Director of Conservative and Regulations.

Edo State Secretariat,

Benin City.

Sir,

RE: REQUEST FOR FARMLAND

As a follow up to the letter submitted in your office on the 19^th of September 2011, with reference number, ONEFU/019-RFL/03/CE-BEN. We the executives of the Ovia North-East Local Government Area farmers’ multi-purpose co-operative union Limited, (the apex co-operative group) representing all farmers/co-operative societies in Ovia North East local government area. Requested for a piece of land measuring about One square Mile, from your ministry which we hope will serve as Tuangya Farming System for this Union to help support the drive for repositioning agriculture in the state, as embark upon by the State Governor, the people’s governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.

As this is expected to help the management of this union achieve their aims of bringing all farmers together as Organized Co-operative Farmers (OCF). Where every farmer’s co-operative societies (FCS) will have a stake. We believe this will help us to congregate the farmers for better produce.

To achieve this aim therefore, we request from your office sir, to please allot available forest area in any part of the Ovia North-East Local Government Area to this Union, for the said purpose.

We will be most grateful if our request is looked into with your complimentary judgment. Remember sir that ….. “NO FARMERS’ NO FOOD” Support Ovia North-East Local Government Area Farmers Multi-purpose co-operative Union Today, so that we in turn can support others.

Thanks.

For Ovia North-East Local Government Area Farmers Multi-purpose co-operative Union Limited.

REQUEST FOR ATTENDANCE FOR CERTIFICATE PRESENTATION

2012-03-18T12:28:00.002-07:00

Supervisor for Education, Youth Sport & Culture

Ovia North East Local Government Area.

Okada

Sir,

REQUEST FOR ATTENDANCE FOR CERTIFICATE PRESENTATION

Having successfully inaugurated the Ovia North-East Local Government Area farmers multi-purpose co-operative Union, in the main hall of the council secretariat on Wednesday 22^nd of June 2011, we consider it necessary to officially pay a courtesy visit to the office of the Local Government Chairman to familiarize the relationship between the farmers Union and the local government authority, and also to present to the Local Government Boss the Certificate of the Farmers Union, for authentication purpose..

On this note, we want to humbly request for your presence in that occasion. As this will create opportunity for you to be on familiar terms, with the management of the farmers Apex Body, representing Ovia North-East Local Government Area Farmers Multi-purpose Co-operative Union Limited.

The meeting has been scheduled for 6^th of September 2011. And the Time; is 12.00 noon prompt. It will give us great joy if you are present in the occasion.

Thanks

Yours Faithfully

For Ovia North-East Local Government Area Farmers Multi-purpose Co-operative Union Limited.

APPRECIATION to Okada Legislator

2012-03-18T12:19:00.002-07:00

The Legislators,

C/o The Leader of the Legislative Arms,

Ovia North East Local Government Area,

Okada.

APPRECIATION

We want to thank you sir for being with us during the Certificate presentation to the Chairman of O.N.E.L.G.A which took place on the 6^th of September 2011 in the main hall of the council secretariat.

We are your children, your fathers, your brothers, your husbands, your wives, and you co-worker in the field. We want to humble ourselves to thank all members of the Legislative arms of the council for their timely involvement towards the affairs of the farmers Union.

Another reason we intend to write this letter is to officially inform you of the existence of the Ovia North East Local Government Farmers Multi-purpose co-operative union limited. As the Apex co-operative group in the Local Government Area. Also the regulatory body for all co-operatives in Ovia North-East. With our objectives as stated below;

i. To organize thrift and credit operations

ii. To provide credit for labour and consumption finance

iii. To disseminate the knowledge of modern farming to our affiliate members by having the services of agric extension officers and production/processing professionals.

v. To market the produce of our members for better price, and also to provide storage facilities for inputs, farm products, machinery, etc.

In this write up, the Union has put down some primary requirements which is expected to help in the actualization of the above stated aims.

We have a vision; and in the book “to make it work! Make it real” presented to the Amiable Chairman of the council through `the secretary who represented him in the presentation program, page 5 of that book section ‘A’ read thus;

“Apportion to us a reasonable size of farmland where the union will be able to oversee the affairs of all farmers in the area affiliated to her. In order to guard them through the process of cultivation and also working towards adding value to their products in order to meet export standard”.

We made it very clear in that write up that in this farmer’s community, all farmers will have the opportunity and ability to share ideas together on ways to themselves in the mass production of food stuff for our people and for export.

We also pleaded with our father (the council chairman) to support Fadama co-operative group in the area who are not able to meet up with their counterpart fund, in order for all farmers to benefit. As extracted from section ‘B’ page 3 of the book. ‘To make it work! Make it real’ It read thus….

“We humbly implore you sir, to assist all the co-operatives in your L.G. Area to offset their own part of the FADAMA III counterpart fund in order for all your farmers to benefit from this program. As their benefit will help project the kind of lifestyles they intends to live”. Supporting farmers in this regard is very compulsory and important because if the farmers loose the 70% grant because they could not afford their 30% counterpart response, the negative impact to the local government area could amount to about 87%.

Recently, Governor Adams Oshiomhole has declared that agriculture is a credible factor that can be used to address unemployment and to transform the state. In his speech, the governor said what has been causing delay in identifying this sector, was the rot in civil service especially in the agricultural sector. But now he (The Governor) is willing to address the inhumanity faced in that sector. This assurance was given in the retreat which has as its theme “Sustaining reforms, Expletive from a Development Partner” held in AGANE-BODE

Base on this statistics, we plead with the honorable members of the house to intervene in this regard. The executives of the farmers’ union promise to make sure that the assistance when given will not be abused by farmers. We are in haste to be given the required assistance now in order not to fall victim of the Prophecy of the United Nation that in 2015, there is going to be colossal food shortage in Africa.