Nigeria Daily News: Imo acquires 500 hectares for food  production

Imo acquires 500 hectares for food  production
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Staff on 13/08/2012 20:00:00


TO boost food production, Imo State government has acquired about 500 hectares
of land for rice and oil palm plantation.
The Commissioner for Land, Uche Nwosu, who disclosed this at the weekend while
addressing stakeholders in the agriculture sector, said the land was acquired at
the Ideato, Orlu zone and other parts of the state. He urged the people to
cooperate with the government to realise its agricultural goal.
In a related development, Nwosu directed land officials in the state to ensure
that only those qualified are issued with certificates of occupancy and not land
speculators.
The commissioner spoke while inaugurating committee members in charge of the
task. He said the geographical survey office in the state is to ensure that
genuine private landowners are issued with certificates and documented
appropriately, adding that bottlenecks had been removed in carrying out the task
of documentation.
Responding, the committee chairman, Prof. Udoka Anozie, promised that the
committee members would discharge their duties as assigned.