Akwa Ibom coconut refinery and Nigeria’s future vanguardnews
WHEN Governor Udom Emmanuel set out to lubricate the once virgin well of agriculture in Akwa Ibom State with the establishment of Africa’s biggest coconut oil refinery, most people had no idea of coconut’s enormous potentials. But the governor went ahead, displaying his propensity to plan towards an economy beyond crude oil, as if he knew that a certain coronavirus pandemic would soon bring the world on its knees.
Some health specialists and nutritionists have asserted that the coconut oil is capable of promoting health benefits such as weight reduction, cholesterol lowering, prevention of cardiovascular diseases, and anti-inflammatory effect, among others. An indigene of the community and Assistant Safety Officer at the project site, Unyime Oliver, had during this writer’s visit, expressed gratitude to Governor Udom Emmanuel for having the once-neglected Mkpat Enin in his development plan, which has granted youths of the community the opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills.
If the factory is billed to process and refine over one million coconuts daily, is the state ready to provide the raw materials to feed production? The state coconut plantation on 11,000 hectares of land at the Mkpat Enin, Eastern Obolo and Ikot Abasi axis of the state is meant to accommodate over two million coconut trees.
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