Accompanied by key officials, including Chief of Staff Niyi Adebayo, Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security Boluwade Ebenezer, and Commissioner for Trade, Investment and Cooperatives Mrs Tayo Adeola, the Governor emphasised the urgency of addressing hunger and ensuring food security.
Governor Oyebanji said, “We promised Ekiti State good governance and like you said we have been trying to work that talk. The President directed that each state should embark on strategy of food security and in Ekiti State in the last one year, we have started with phase one of a very deliberate attempt to ensure that we prow ourselves out of hunger, last year we cumulatively cultivated over 6,000 hectares of land in the state, all planted.