Na wah, e be like say Nigeria don find beta way to save moni! Federal Government don talk say dem fit save over N3 trillion for foreign exchange by blending bioethanol wey dem dey make from cassava with Premium Motor Spirit. Dis gist no be small matter oh! Na big plan wey go put our cassava farmers for local industry front seat.
Dem talk am for capacity-building workshop wey happen for Enugu, as Senator Abubakar Bagudu, wey be Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, explain wetin dey happen. E clear say dis bioethanol blending go help Nigeria reduce how much fuel we dey import, and e go gree make cassava farmers shine.
The minister yarn say from di project, Nigeria fit dey collect plenty savings as e dey reach over three trillion naira every year. E talk say na by blending bioethanol with our usual Petroleum Monitoring Spirit dem go fit make dis happen. Abeg, make we jolt down say na form part of di national Bio-Economy policy wey dey promote circular economy pass just ethanol production alone.
Sen. Bagudu don already set di ball rolling, as e dey target about 14 million smallholder farmers wey go help drive domestic supply as well as rural jobs. Dis initiative no be small, because e dey involve everything from high-quality cassava stems to di CO2 wey dey capture during fermentation, plus di annual feeds wey go come from distillery grains. E really show say our cassava fit do plenty wonders!
Dey don also plan say dem go use Triple-Helix knowledge transfer partnership for di project. Wetin dat mean be say dem go bring different people together to make sure say farmers get di latest cassava varieties wey dey high-yield and disease-resistant. And dem go also mobilise investment, expand technology and bring better infrastructure jamboree. No dulling!
At di workshop, wey bag e no dey joke, dem train participants on plenty skills from Nigeria’s Bio-Economy Framework to project management. E be like say na serious matter, as participants come from state ministries of agriculture, farmers’ associations, and even universities from South-East.
Director of Agriculture for Economic Growth Department, Mr Olaifa Alade, talk say di workshop go make sure say everyone sabi wetin dem dey do, so e go commot well from di pilot phase go nationwide rollout. E guarantee participants say di ministry go dey back dem with policy support and monitoring plans to make sure say dis project no just dey for mouth!
Na so e be, my people! If dis project land well, e fit revolutionize di agriculture and energy sectors, and in turn, we fit see better life for our farmers and economy as a whole. Naija go dey shine! Make we dey watch am as e dey unfold, how far e go carry us!
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