Celebrate the reason for the season, not forgetting that HE is the reason for your Living.

 

A girl collecting water from a broken pipe inside a surface drainage  system. This is Eleyele, in Ibadan Oyo State South West Nigeria.

This is Dugbe Alawo in Ibadan Oyo State South West Nigeria. A woman with her children selling both second hand clothings as well as pepper and tomatoes. If sales does not come one the other will definitely attract sales. Just what I think.

GROUP APPEAL FOR RECOGNITION BY NAFDAC

The National Agency for Food and Drugs and Administration and Control has been called upon to recognise the importance of Association and their relevance to the economy of the nation. This call was made by the Agronomists under the auspices of Agro Chemical and Animal Health Producers’ Association (AAHPA). This appeal was made at a seminar organised by AAHPA in conjunction with Veterinary Medicine and Allied Products Directorate of NAFDAC in Lagos. The Association Helmsman, Mr Babatunde Adewoye said that AAPHA need the support of NAFDAC in order to ensure that the products produced by members of AAHPA compete favourably with products imported into the country.  Mr Adewoye stated that products produced by members of his Association are of high quality and need the recognition of NAFDAC so as to encourage members to do more in order to increase the nation’s Gross Domestic Products (GDP). He solicited for help in the area of products registration which he said that members cannot meet the conditions. He appeal for a partnership that will ensure the expansion of the various factories owned by members as this will create more jobs and bring about positive impacts on the unemployment challenges in the country.    

       

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IMPROVES COCONUT YIELD IN LAGOS STATE

The introduction of Information Technology (IT) has tremendously improved the yield of coconut in Lagos State. The commissioner of Agriculture Lagos State, made this assertion at the second edition of Lagos State enterprise day tagged “Technical and vocational Skills as a Gateway for Enterprise development”. According to the helmsman at the ministry of Agriculture, the State has witnessed an increase in the production of coconut. Annually the State has recorded 75 % increase as a result of the introduction of Information Technology. Before the introduction of IT, an average of 50 coconuts was realised annually, but the yield per coconuts tree has increased from between 120-200.
He called on the private sector to come on board as IT has brought innovation and research in coconut cultivation that can meet the increasing demand in the marketplace.
Areas of the State where Information Technology has contributed to the massive output in coconut production are Badagry, Lekki-Epe, and Ojo to mention few.
He sighted the Philippines as a nation where coconut cultivation has remained the main source of revenue generation and Lagos State wants to follow suit.

Give Agriculture Priority says LCCI Boss

The Lagos State Chambers of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) have advised the Federal Government to replicate the tax incentive currently being enjoyed by the Steel Industry in the Agriculture sector. The Chairman Lagos State Chambers of Commerce and Industry Dr. Olawale Cole said this in an interview he granted the correspondent of Punch. He stated that “It is important to look at more concessions for areas such as agriculture, which is very important because one thing that can cause real trouble in a nation is where there is no food and people cannot feed themselves”
The Helmsman of the Lagos State Chambers of Commerce and Industry commended the Ministry of Agriculture for their contribution to the sector but reiterated that government has the responsibility to do more in the area of job creation in order to curb the prevailing violence and insecurity in the nation.
He emphasised the need to explore other areas through which the nation can generate revenue. He recalled the good days of Groundnut Pyramids and Cocoa and opined that, Nigeria should return back to her “first love, agriculture and develop it”.

Culled from Punch