..As Ibese Plant donates farming inputs to host group farmers
Minister of Solid Mineral Development, Mr. Dele Alake has lauded the administration of Dangote Cement, Ibese for its contributions to the event of its host communities saying its many social investments have succeeded in fostering {economic} growth and social cohesion within the communities.
The Minister who spoke via the Mines and Environment Compliance Officer for the South West within the Ministry, Mr. Mathew Ochimana through the handover of farm inputs to Ibese Host Communities’ Farmers on the event of the 2025 Farmers Empowerment Programme stated the Cement Company has via its Corporate Social Responsibility such because the empowerment programmes, stimulated native economies, created jobs, help native companies and enhanced group infrastructure.
Mr. Ochimana urged the farmers to make the very best use of the farm inputs to spice up meals manufacturing and warned them to keep away from the temptation to promote them as doing so would defeat the essence of giving them the objects and would additionally run counter-productive to efforts at boosting meals manufacturing throughout the communities.
Welcoming the farmers earlier, the Dangote Cement, Ibese Plant Director, Ayyagari Subbaraidu, reiterated the corporate’s dedication to empowering the farmers as a vital section of the inhabitants with farming inputs help to be able to increase meals manufacturing.
Said he; “We provide modern farm inputs to help farmers enhance their productivity, enabling them to consistently cultivate both subsistence and cash crops at commercial scale. These inputs are donated to support better yields and offer a more modern, efficient farming experience.”
Besides the empowerment programme for farmers themed “Planting to Profit: Good Agricultural Practices for Cassava and Maize”, the Plant Director stated Dangote Cement is targeted on creating constructive impacts inside its host communities by prioritising well being, high quality training, empowerment, and the supply of vital infrastructure to drive socio-economic growth.
Subbaraidu famous that “with the help of our stakeholders, a few of whom are additionally right here, we now have achieved outstanding milestones, demonstrating that each limestone mined and each bag of cement manufactured comes with proportionate social worth addition and help to the host communities.
“In the course of implementing the current Community Development Agreement signed in 2022, 240 farmers across our host communities have been empowered through training, farm inputs, and tools, contributing to the cultivation of over 600 acres of farmland and significantly boosting the local economy.”
To cap Dangote Cement’s dedication to enhancing the effectiveness and effectivity of the farmers for enhanced meals safety, and elevated income throughout the agricultural worth chain, Subbaraidu stated that every of the beneficiaries will go dwelling: with 3 baggage of 50kg NPK fertilizer; 2 baggage Urea fertilizer; 3 litres of Force-Up herbicide; 1 raincoat and 1 pair of rain boots.
“To all our community stakeholders, we say a big thank you for your invaluable collaboration in creating an enabling environment for our business to thrive. Indeed, it takes strong partnerships between the Plant and the communities to achieve socio-economic progress,” the Plant Director stated.
Also talking, the Chairman of Yewa South Local Government, Olusola Akinbode, recommended Dangote Cement for all the time rising to the event and he expressed satisfaction with the well timed intervention and dedication of the corporate to group growth.
He identified that the farmers’ empowerment programme is in tandem with the initiative of the Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun’s drive to make sure meals safety within the state. “One of our targets is to make sure meals sufficiency within the state; we did our personal farmers’ empowerment in June and we distributed 11,000 money crops, we’re promising to up the quantity to at the very least 60,000 in 2026.
“Imagine if we have this and Dangote is supporting us with fertiliser, and other farm tools, very soon, Yewa will become a food basket to others.”
In his comment, the Chairman of Community Joint Consultative Committee (CJCC) Dayo Ogunyinka, expessed satisfaction that the programme in its fourth version has been very impactful describing it as an ideal intervention in direction of meals safety and {economic} development. He thanked the Dangote Cement for reaching out to the grassroot whom he described because the centre of group growth.
One of the farmer beneficiaries, Iyabo Akintan from Ijako Orile host Community appreciated the corporate for all the time coming via for native farmers. She acknowledged that “This will bring upliftment and a better farming experience with gains to the society.”
Another beneficiary, Olaleye Adekunle, described the gesture as “soothing and moral boosting” for farmers. “With the provision of fertilisers and other farm tools, working during rain and shine is now a possibility and we are really grateful that Dangote Cement, Ibese, has our interest at heart.”
The beneficiaries have been later taken via a session to teach them on the best way to make the very best use of the inputs for max farm yields
