To produce 2.6m kilo of snail annually generates 5000 jobs
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has inaugurated a snail farm worth N5 billion at Okemesi in Ekiti West Council of the state. x
The farm, owned by Dem Eli Farms and Farmkonnect, a consortium of agricultural firms, has been described as the second-largest snail farm in the world, second to Cyprus, and biggest in Africa.
Unveiling the Egbeja Snail Village yesterday, Fayemi said the farm would create 5,000 jobs when fully operational.
Fayemi assured that the state government was determined to make Ekiti a commercial hub for agribusiness, saying he had demonstrated this by attracting over $100m public-private driven agro-allied investments to the state within two years.
We are laying foundation for economic boom in Ekiti ― Fayemi We are laying foundation for economic boom in Ekiti ― Fayemi
• Commissions farmKonnect s N5 billion African biggest snail project
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Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has said his administration was laying a foundation that would advance the economic fortune of the state with deliberate actions in providing enabling environment for businesses to thrive.
The governor who stated this while commissioning Africa’s biggest N5 billion snail farm in Okemesi-Ekiti, on Wednesday, said the farm will generate 5,000 jobs when fully operational.
The farm christened ‘Egbeja Snail Village’ is a brainchild of a consortium of agricultural firms; Dem Eli Farms and Merchandise and Farmkonnect.