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OIL Palm Growers Association of Nigeria, OPGAN, rose from a meeting at the weekend, in Benin, Edo State capital, with a call on the Federal Government to assist in reviving the oil palm sector.
The meeting which held at the Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research, NIFOR, was called to proffer solutions to the dwindling fortune of the oil palm sector in Nigeria.
The association also inaugurated its liaison office in the premises of NIFOR as part of efforts to facilitate the production of oil palm in the country.
Speaking at the town hall meeting, OPGAN, National President, Mr. Joe Onyiuke, said the meeting was to garner support from the Federal Government to revive the oil palm sector.
TODAY
March 1, 2021
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emiefele, has reiterated the apex bank’s commitment to reviving the oil palm sector with a view to stopping importation of the commodity.
He stated this over the weekend in Benin, Edo state, at a town hall meeting organised by the Oil Palm Growers Association of Nigeria (OPGAN), to proffer solutions to the dwindling fortune of the oil palm sector in Nigeria.
The evevt was held at the Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR), Benin.
Emiefele who was represented at the event by his Special Adviser on Development Finance, Mr. Anthony Ufechukwu, said the CBN is very emphatic about reviving the oil palm sector.