The Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority has dismissed recent criticisms of its greenhouse initiatives, defending its achievements and reaffirming its commitment to advancing Nigeria's agricultural sector under the leadership of its Managing Director and CEO, Adedeji Ashiru.
PUNCH Online reports that last Friday, Ashiru said that as part of President Bola Tinubu's agenda to boost food production, the Federal Government had, in the past year, constructed 323 greenhouse farming projects across the six states of the Southwest geopolitical zone.
Ashiru, in a statement jointly issued on Thursday, by himself, the Authority's Executive Director of Planning and Design, Mr. Femi Dokunmu, and the Head of Construction, Taiwo Ogunshoro, Ashiru further provided detailed clarifications on the Authority's greenhouse projects, confirming the completion of 73 new greenhouses, full rehabilitation of five others, and ongoing plans to refurbish an additional 15 units.
He explained that contracts have been awarded for 220 more greenhouses, with delivery expected by 2025. These developments, he emphasised, are critical to ensuring year-round food production in line with Tinubu's declaration of a state of emergency on food security.
Read more at Punch
