Ogun Government To Revive Remo Garri Processing Plant

The Ogun Government has disclosed plans to revive the Modern Garri Processing Factory in Ode-Remo, Remo-North Local Government area and make it a model through the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement.

This was disclosed by Mrs Kikelomo Longe, the State Commissioner for Industry, Trade and Investment, in Abeokuta on Wednesday at a meeting with representatives of the Remo Growth and Development Foundation.

It was gathered that the group had sought the intervention of the state government in resuscitation of the factory, which stopped operation in 2019.

The commissioner said that Gov. Dapo Abiodun-led administration was committed to boosting jobs creation, alleviate poverty and promote food security.

Longe said that the state government was also willing to ensure that the facility started working again to boost livelihood of people and enable residents of the area to optimise the benefits of the state agro-cargo airport.

She explained that the airport was expected to be completed soon as well as a Special Agro-Processing Zone (SAPZ), in close proximity to the Garri processing factory.

“The airport and the Special Agro-processing Zone (SAPZ) will be game-changer for the state. The projects will put the entire Ilishan area and Ogun State on the world map”.

She, therefore, called for an assessment of the current condition at the facility, stressing that all relevant stakeholders should be engaged, while relevant timelines for the implementation of the project should be stated.