Osun Govt. extends its free donation of T.M.E. 419 Cassava stems to Ijesha land Farmers.

  

 As part of its endless  efforts  to ensure food sufficiency  in the state, the administration of  Governor Gboyega Oyetola has  distributed free T.M.E 419 cassava stems to  farmers in Ijesha land and its environs.
     
Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security,Mr Adedayo Adewole  flagged  off the distribution  on behalf of the State government at 
Ilesa East local government Secretariat,Iyemogun road,Ilesa.
   
  The Commissioner who was represented by the Cordinating Director, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Mrs Adegbemisola  Fayoyin, stressed the importance of food to people at the event with a declaration that without it , life will not only  be meaningless but  uneventful. 
   
 She added that the need to get people to bid  farewell to hunger but get well  fed and fulfilled  in their  day to day activities  made governor Adegboyega  Oyetola to give food security the needed attention at all times by his administration. 
       
The state government through Mrs Fayoyin also  told farmers in attendance that  the distribution of  cassava stems is specifically targeted at  further realizing the objective of boosting  the on going program of the State government tagged "Cassava transformation" .
  She urged the beneficiary farmers in Ijesha land and its environs to continue to key into the various Agricultural programmes of Oyetola led administration.
 
  In his remarks, the Chairman, Ilesa East Local Government, Hon.Olusola Bamidele , appreciated the governor of the state of Osun, Mr Adeboyega Oyetola for the  kind gesture extended to  farmers at the various Local Government Levels. 
  
 Speaking in the same vein, Chairman , Ilesa North East LCDA, lmo,Hon Oladipo Adeniyi described  the gesture as laudable and encouraging to the teeming farmers just as he implored  them in return   to make  judicious use of the Cassava stems.
  
  Chairman ,All farmers Association  of Nigeria (AFAN) Ilesa East Local Government,Mr Dele Olusola was very appreciative of the magnanimity of the state government through  the Ministry of Agriculture for its support and assistance  to all  farmers in the state.
    

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