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C’ River To Build Oil Palm Refinery
The Cross River Government says it will build an oil palm refinery in partnership with an Asian company to commercialise agriculture and create employment in the state.
The Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr James Aniyom, told newsmen that the company, Wilmer, had already acquired two estates in Kalahu and Ibiaye, while discussions had reached an advanced stage for the take-off.
“We have a company called Wilmer which is one of the biggest companies in Asia. It has acquired Kalahu and Ibiaye estates for the project in our state here.
“There is also another green field that it has acquired at Oron, amounting to 5,000 hectares for each of them”, he said,
He stated that plans were on to give the firm additional 50,000 hectares of land for the project which is expected to provide employment for about 3,000 people.
Meanwhile, farmers in the state have lauded the new Federal Government policy on the sale of fertiliser.
Some of the farmers told our correspondent that the policy would eliminate corruption in the distribution process and allow the product to get to users at the grassroots.
It would be recalled that the Federal Government recently announced that accredited companies would sell fertiliser directly to registered farmers in states and local government councils.