CBN donates palm oil, cassava processing mills to Ajibode community

The Christian Broadcasting Network Africa with a grant from Japanese Embassy donated Palm Oil and Cassava processing Mill to Adetoyebi-Ajibode Community, Akinyele LGA of Oyo state recently.

The humanitarian project is being carried out for the benefit of Ife Oluwa Farmers’ Cooperative of Adetoyebi-Ajibode community which will operate and maintain the facility.

The project which was funded with a grant from the Japanese Government (through the Grant Assistance for Grass-roots Projects (GGP) of the Japanese Embassy in Abuja), is a palm fruit (palm oil and palm kernel oil) and garri processing facility.

Speaking the Regional Director Christian Broadcasting Network Africa, Dr. Felix Oisamoje said “This is our contribution towards the attainment of the UN’s first 1st, 2nd, and the 17th  Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of No Poverty, Zero Hunger, and Partnerships, and the Federal Government’s drive to boost local agricultural food processing.

“CBN Africa constructed and equipped this facility with machinery for the processing of these vital commodities that will no doubt contribute in no small measure in meeting the aforementioned goals but also helping to transform the Adetoyebi-Ajibode community from a purely farming community to an agricultural processing community. By extension, this will improve the wealth of the Cooperative members in particular and the community at large.

“This project is expected to benefit at least 150 local farmers as well as other farmers within Akinyele Local Government by making easier to process garri from cassava and palm oil/palm kernel oil from the palm fruit plantations in the community,” he said.

The Christian Broadcasting Network is furthering commending the good people of Japan through their Embassy in Nigeria for partnering with us to partner with Ifeoluwa Farmers’ Cooperative to bring this project to fruition. “We are confident that this project will go a long way in alleviating poverty and helping to boost agricultural production in Nigeria.”

In his remark, the Japanese Ambassador in Nigeria, represented by his Special Adviser, Mr Tatsuya Imamura said that they embarked on similar projects in many states in Nigeria.

“We have been on the ground in grassroot supporting development for years now, the embassy, and we have a long partnership and trust relationships with the country boosting the agricultural productivity of the President Buhari.”