Edo govt sets up committee to probe Okomu oil palm, host communities crisis
Share Edo State government has set up a committee to look into the aged long crisis between the Okomu oil palm and its host, Okomu community and other neighbouring communities. The state government inaugurated the committee, acting on a petition written to the Presidency by the host communities which accused the company of marginalisation, land encroachment and other infractions. At a meeting of the committee, conveyed by its chairman, Mr. Luck Wasa, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment, the Okumu people, represented by their coordinator general, Chief Sunday Ajele, said they had lost...
Source: tribuneonlineng.com