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Mr Oyisi Okatahi, the Managing Director, Kogi Agricultural Development Project (ADP) on Tuesday said that the lingering dispute between the organised labour and Kogi Government would soon be over.
Okatahi gave the assurance at one-day training on electronic agricultural extension programme for ADP workers held in Lokoja.
He said that government officials, labour leaders and well meaning stakeholders have been engaging in discussion, stressing that a significant progress was being made which would soon be made known to the public.
He stressed that Gov. Yahaya Bello-led Administration was compassionate about the plight of the workers and very soon the issue would be put behind them, adding that Kogi was poised to be a leading agricultural state in Nigeria.
He enjoined the participants to always look at solutions and not concentrate on the problems, saying many opportunities abound for everyone but unity was required to harness them.
He restated that the governor had a great vision for agriculture in the State and the ADP was privileged to be the implementation arm, saying the training would be replicated in all the zones across the state.
He said “the recently signed ethanol project using cassava and sugar cane is so large that farmers from neighboring states will benefit from it; and ADP workers will be in charge of the extension services.
“The technology will be a major tool to be applied by this government in achieving her agricultural revolution goal”.
NAN reports that a project, tagged: “Fair Agric Project” (FAP) would be launched during an agricultural Summit holding on Nov. 20 & 21, titled: “Agriculture: Investment Opportunities”.
NAN recalls that labour leaders on Wednesday met with the Chairman of Kogi West New Direction Advisory Committee, Sen. Smart Adeyemi, and Kogi Deputy Gov., Mr Simon Achuba, with a view to finding a common ground to end the ongoing strike in the state.
The meeting which lasted for about hours had in attendance, TUC state’s chairman, Mr Ranti Ojo, the vice chairman of the state NLC and five executives of the labour union.
(NAN)
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