I was the last farm manager of Oodua farms cattle ranch (formerly western livestocks)at Akunu Akoko(8061 hectares of farm lands). I have five big dams .Two are four hectares and at peak of rain , you get a wide spread of 1km. It goes thru akunu akoko, ikakumo akoko, ise skill and auga akoko. I know all the boundaries with Edo inclusive.The western government established it. The cows there were *owned* by Oodua Investment. The land is still there. Facilities abandoned. Same in Oyo state, we have over 16,000 hectares of land for cattle ranch solely owned by Oodua Investment. Part of it was seeded for Ikere gorge(2000 hectares). My take is let southwest government takes over these facilities and give to genuine investors for resuscitation. In Imeko Ogun state, we have also 4000hectares. In Ekiti at OKE Ako via Ayedun ekiti after Ipao, we have 12,000 hectares. We should grow our own cattle and let the state governor that has power over land explore this opportunities. *YORUBA COMMISSION/ DAWN (Dev Agenda for WestNig)can explore this window. We do not need to allow other people to come and do what we can do ourself. Had told many that care to listen that we can grow and rear what we import. Wheat is N630billion import in 2016, we can grow these in North East but importers and the USA who benefit from this volume will not allow BH war to end. We import Rice N300billion 2016. Where is ofada and mokoloki rice plantations . If we champion our own food program, we will have improve national security bcos food security is Germaine to National security. RUGA on our land is being canvassed for because we that own the resources are neglecting them. Let rise and build the State. When problem arise, let look at the business advantages that we can explore from it. FUNAAB rears cow in cooperative. We pay just N18k annually to the cooperative to maintain one cow . We can create so much employment if we think out of the box.
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This is Copied From “GOFITES” Forum posted by Ayo Akindiji, an Engr.
