During the commissioning of 18 units of SEM-919 motor grader for use of the 18 local government councils in Ondo state, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu stated that the state can be among the food baskets in the country if its potentials are fully harnessed. He said that that one of his administration's policy thrusts encapsulated in the REDEEMED agenda is rural and agricultural development, stressing that Those development can only he achieved in the rural areas when adequate infrastructure is put in place. The governor said, Infrastructure is, therefore, the bedrock of development of any society. Essentially, rural infrastructure encompasses among others, rural roads, water supply and electricity. Ondo State, no doubt, is an agrarian society. Our belief, therefore, is that if our potential is adequately harnessed, the State can be among the food baskets in the country. This informed our decision to make rural and agricultural development as well as provision of massive infrastructure part of our key programmes. Since the inception of our administration in 2017, tremendous efforts have been made in areas of provision of rural water and electricity across the State. The State equally bought into the Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP) which focuses on rehabilitation of rural roads and associated capacity building of institutions with the mandate to provide and maintain rural transport infrastructure. The State has completed all its paper work and the programme will soon fully take off. He noted that each local government council will have one grader, adding that rentage of graders by the council chairman to grade rural roads has become a thing of the past. Governor Akeredolu called for the proper use and deployment of the equipment, particularly in grading rural roads to ensure easy movement of farm produce to the urban areas and reduce the cost of foodstuffs.
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