ORIGIN GROUP EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, SANWOOLU, TOURS MLM AGRO FOOD HUB IN ABIJO, AS GOVERNOR COMMENDS ORIGIN TECH GROUP FOR PACE OF WORK.
Governor Babajide Sanwoolu alongside the Executive Chairman of Origin Tech Group, Prince Samuel Jospeh Samuel toured the mid-Level Agro Food Hub under construction at Abijo in Sangotedo, Eti-Osa during which the governor commended Origin Tech Group on the over 90 percent completion of the facility with finishing works now ongoing.
According to the Governor, ‘’This hub, built on 23, 000 square metres of land, will provide storage facilities, trading floors, and parking, helping residents in this corridor access fresh food more easily. It is a part of our broader plan to decentralise food distribution across Lagos’’, the Governor reiterated.
Prince Samuel Joseph Samuel, Executive Chairman, Origin Tech Group, the technical partner for the development of the project told the gathering that similar hubs are underway in Agege, Lagos Island, Oregun, and Ikorodu which have reached various completion stages while plans have already been put in place for more of such hubs in Epe and Badagry all of which will connect to the main logistics hub in Ketu-Ereyun, which will serve as the backbone of the food distribution network.
The governor was accompanied on the tour by his deputy; Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat and Barr. ‘Bimbola Salu-Hundeyin, Secretary to the State Government.
This facility tour is coming on the heels of the recently launched 500 billion Produce for Lagos project is key to Lagos state’s food sovereignty agenda and aligns with both the Lagos Agricultural Roadmap launched in 2021 and the Produce for Lagos initiative.