ACFA’S LETTER TO HIS EXCELLENCY, THE GOVERNOR OF EDO STATE

Sir,

You can’t look down on the existence of All Co-operative Farmers Association (ACFA) in the state. Mostly now that the federal government of Nigeria has seen the importance of this sector in growing the Nigerian economy, and willing to partner with them through the office of the various state governments. in which Edo State is not exempted.

We wish to intimate you our comrade governor that we have written several proposals to your well esteemed office and channeled through the office of the Hon. Comm. Of Agriculture, which Mr. Abdul Oroh. was  then handling. our report were on ways the association can work with the ministry to enhance food security and make agriculture a major source of revenue for the state. As we are sure this will complement the comrade governor’s Tax drive. 

We wrote the request through the ministry of agriculture as earlier specified sir, and copies of the document was also forwarded to the ministry of environment to notify them that their support was required in the area of land approval for the program. we also copy the commissioner for works to support in the area of bulldozing and the grading of the only access road to the community farmland. Of which we believed thata kick off grant for the group’s program to commence fully, may be provided for by your office through the office of the commissioner for commerce, via the director of co-operatives. As the Farmers Association was made up of various cooperatives that agreed to work together for the betterment of the sector. Although the ministry of environment took action on the document and started the process of releasing a 100 acres farmland to the group for the pilot program in Okokhuo Reserve, but stopped the process halfway, with no reason established.

We felt dejected when Unfortunately the government does not see anything good in the request for partnership sent to her by this group through the commissioner of agriculture. For example a comprehensive documentation on how we will work with the government, the type of association we are, the class of people to be involved in the business were included in the proposal presented to the commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Abdul Oroh, as well with the Ovia North East local government chairman Mrs.Lucy Omagbon Who also received a copy of the document. which was titled “Repositioning and Sustainability of Agriculture in Edo State”. A copy of the document was also published in our web page.

You may never find a more authentic program to be designed and executed by any farmers’ group in the state, because it took time and effort for the managers of ACFA to put their ideas in paper. Only for it to be thwarted by those in authority, who are in position to assist.

In the proposal we assured the state government that they should not embarrass any farmer in the state that benefited from the N1b. (One Billion Naira Only) loan in 2011 that ACFA has a way of getting back the money without duress or by  stressing the beneficiarries. The government was also assured that ACFA will collect taxes from all farmers in the farm and every other registered farmers in the state and remit thus to the state government coffer without traumatizing the farmers.
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Yours faith fully,

All Cooperative Farmers Association, Edo State.