Ogun Agric Ministry Expends Over N534M In Six Months

In its efforts towards achieving self-sufficiency in food production, provision of raw materials for agro-based industries, employment generation for improved livelihood of the citizens, Ogun State Ministry of Agriculture says it has expended over N534m within six months.

The Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dr. Dotun Sorunke, who represented the State Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Adeola Odedina, disclosed this while taking turn to present the ministry’s mid-year budget performance assessment before the State Assembly Committee on Agriculture and Forestry led by Hon. Abiodun Sylvester at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.

The expenses according to Odedina covered recurrent and capital expenditures.

The Commissioner added that within the same period, the Ministry generated over N158.7m out of its total approved revenue target of N212.1m for year 2021.

He also explained that the revenue was generated through proceeds from licenses, cattle tax, registration of business premises, agricultural/Vetenary services fees, sales of poultry and arable animals, earnings from agricultural produces, rent on government lands amongst others.

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Speaking on the allocation of agricultural land, he noted that a total number of sixty-three applications were received from both corporate and individual applicants requesting for a total of 81 hectares of land.

Other agencies who took turn to reel out their budget performance reports included Agro Services Corporation, State Agricultural Development Corporation, State Agricultural Development Programme and State Cassava Revolution Programme and State Forest Plantation Project, Area J4.