Edo Govt Rejects Federal Government’s Plan To Establish Ruga Settlement

The Edo State Government has rejected the plan of the Federal Government to establish Ruga settlement in states across the country.

The state government stated that its agricultural development is well structured and elaborate plan across all value chains both in crop production and animal husbandry.

In a statement released by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr Crusoe Osagie, noted that the state government have nothing to do with Ruga settlement.

“In all the agricultural programmes being executed by the Obaseki administration, the safety, security and prosperity of our people are top priority and it is non-negotiable. We assure Edo people that Governor Obaseki will not cede their rights and land to anybody, as our programmes as a sovereign state do not run on the back of any external entity.”

He called on the Edo people to disregard any report by the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party or any other group or individual.

“The Governor will continue to put the interest of Edo people first in all his policies and programmes, as he has demonstrated in the past two years and seven months,” he said.