No fewer than 1,000 persons have been displaced as rainstorm destroyed houses in Erimope Ekiti, Moba local government area of Ekiti state. The downpour,
By Victor Ogunje
The Ekiti State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has raised the alarm that there might be shortage of food in the state in the next planting season with the rate at which fire has been ravaging food and cash crops across the 16 local government areas of the state.
The Chairman of the agency, Capt Sunday Adebomi (rtd), said the recent fire incident in the state had affected about nine local governments and destroyed food crops belonging to about 2,400 farmers, which he described as a bad omen for food production and supply.
Adebomi raised the alarm on Monday while inspecting some cocoa, oil palm as well as food and cash crop plantations destroyed by inferno in Omuo and Omu, in Ekiti East and Oye Local Government areas of the state respectively.
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Ahead of the next planting season, the Ekiti State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), has raised the alarm that there might be shortage of food in the State with the rate at which fire has been ravaging food and cash crops across the 16 local government areas of the state.
The Chairman of the agency, Capt Sunday Adebomi (rtd), said the recent fire incident in the state had affected about nine local governments and rendered about 2400 farmers jobless, which he described as a bad omen for food production and supply.
Adebomi raised the fear on Monday while inspecting some cocoa, oil palm as well as food and cash crop plantations destroyed by inferno in Omuo and Omu, in Ekiti East and Oye Local Government Areas of the state respectively.
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By Victor Ogunje
The Ekiti State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), has lamented the destruction of over 200 hectares of land of cocoa and kola nut farms by fire in some towns it described as the cocoa belt of the state.
The fire disaster occurred at Ikoro and Iloro communities in Ijero Local Government Area of the state.
The Chairman of the SEMA, Capt. Sunday Adebomi (rtd), stated that other farm produce that were gutted by the fire included oranges, palm trees, plantains, pineapples, cassava as well as maize that were worth several millions of Naira.
The SEMA boss made the revelation in Ikoro-Ekiti, yesterday during a visit to the farms to ascertain the level of damage done to the farms.