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Moved by socio-economic significance of provide storage facilities to ensure food security, Felicia Owolabi, a lawmaker representing Ekiti State Constituency in the Kwara State House of Assembly, has solicited for a robust synergy between the Federal Government and the Kwara State Government in the provision of silos.
While presenting a motion entitled, ‘Putting Oke-Oyi and Lafiagi Silos Into Use’, which was later part of the resolutions reached by the Kwara State House of Assembly last week, the lawmaker urged the Federal Government and the Kwara state to fix the abandoned silos in Oke-Oyi and Lafiagi.
Reading the resolutions of the House, Ali Ahmed, the speaker of the house expressed confidence that the collaboration between the two tiers of government in the provision of storage facility in the state would go a long way in ensuring food security, saying that the government should explore Public Private Partnership arrangement to reactivate the moribund Silos.
The legislature equally urged the state government to liaise with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture in fast tracking the re-activation of the Silos, to further enhance food and agro-allied raw materials supply even in the face of scarcity.
Owolabi, while raising the Motion, enumerated the importance of Silos in ensuring food Security, expressed concern that the two silos had not been put into judicious use to reduce food wastages in the state.
She added that the revitalization of the silos in the State would further boost food production and enjoined the State government to put necessary structure in place, in buying food produce from farmers in the State for save keep and injection into market to alleviate the suffering of the people during food scarcity.
SIKIRAT SHEHU
