THE CROSS RIVER STATE GOVERNMENT COLLABORATE WITH OIL PALM GROWERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (OPGAN) TO CREATE THE LARGEST SUSTAINABLE SMALL HOLDERS OIL PALM ECONOMY IN AFRICA
Monday September 25th,2023. THE CROSS RIVER STATE GOVERNMENT COLLABORATE WITH OIL PALM GROWERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (OPGAN) TO CREATE THE LARGEST SUSTAINABLE SMALL HOLDERS OIL PALM ECONOMY IN AFRICA In a deliberate and strategic move by the Cross River State Government to invest in the agricultural sector and fulfill and implement its vision, the State Governor, his excellency, Sen. Prince Bassey Otu has accepted to adopt the proposal of the Oil Palm Growers Association of Nigeria (OPGAN) as an immediate initiative to boost agriculture in the state. The collaboration/partnership between the Cross River State Government and OPGAN is to create an Oil Palm revolution across the entire value chain which will involve the establishment and management of nurseries, plantations, logistics, processing/milling, storage, refining, manufacturing, sales/distribution, access to local and international markets which shall be jointly executed with the Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR)