State Empowers 40,000 Farmers, Renovates Technical Colleges under World Bank Project

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The Ogun State Government has announced that over 40,000 farmers have been empowered, 236 senior secondary schools equipped with smart classrooms, and all eight technical colleges renovated under the Ogun State Economic Transformation Project (OGSTEP), sponsored by the World Bank. The project, which began in 2020, has significantly revitalised critical aspects of the state’s economy, positively impacting development and prosperity.

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According to the Chairman of the OGSTEP Project Committee and Commissioner for Finance, Dapo Okubadejo, the project aims to improve citizens’ livelihoods and transform the state’s economic outlook. The Commissioner for Education, Abayomi Arigbabu, revealed that the initiative has awarded scholarships to girls to encourage enrolment in technical colleges and established the Ogun State Fund to support individuals outside the formal school system.

“We have established the Ogun State Fund (OSF) to support individuals outside the formal school system by training and empowering youths with start-up kits. We have empowered science teachers with PSI/PMI methodologies, laptops, and training,” Arigbabu said. “We have also equipped laboratories in 22 flagship schools and installed smart classroom equipment in 236 schools to enhance the teaching of science and robotics.

The Commissioner for Agriculture, Bolu Owotomo, noted that the World Bank initiative has significantly supported farmers and boosted food production capacity in the state. “The OGSTEP programme has helped us establish the Ogun Farmers Information Management System, under which we have registered 166,000 value chain players. From this database, we identified 40,000 farmers who have been supported under the project, including about 12,000 cassava farmers and 3,400 aquaculture farmers, among others.”

The Project Coordinator, Mosunmola Owo-Odunsi, attributed the project’s success to the state government’s commitment to repositioning the economy and elevating Ogun State to a higher pedestal

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