Osun constructs access roads to farm settlements

The Osun State government has begun the construction of access roads to six farm settlements in order to ease movement of farm produce from the hinterlands to urban settlements.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Agriculture and Food Security, Mr. Festus Agunbiade, stated this at the Esa-Oke farm settlement on Wednesday, while inaugurating six farmer cooperative groups.

Agunbiade said the construction of the access roads would enable farmers transport their produce to markets without difficulty, adding that “farming is witnessing a new era in Osun.”

He said the roads were being constructed by the Osun Rural Access and Mobility Project, adding that the six inaugurated farmer cooperative groups would be paid by the government to maintain the roads.