The Plateau Government has allocated portions of land of the Brewery Agro Research Company in Zallaki community of Bassa Local Government Area to different categories of qualified people, as part of efforts to revamp the Jos International Breweries .News Agency of Nigeria reports that JIB was established in 1975 by the Joseph Gomwalk administration which BARC farm was part of its subsidiary.
“In its days of glory, the farm was into cultivation of dry and irrigated crops such as grain, vegetables and tree crops and cattle ranches for rearing cows. “The desire to return the farm to operations in the era of economic diversification that is driven by agriculture, made us to consider the re-acquisition of the farm through purchase of 90 per cent of its shares.
“Our dream in the long run is that the Farm which has potential for occupying over 30 per cent to 40 per cent shares of the Agro-allied market in Nigeria, will leverage on these existing structures to cultivate crops that the State has comparative advantage in,” Lalong said. The governor advised the people of the state, especially civil servants, to embrace farming as an additional source of income.
Mr Finangwai said the governor had been providing farm inputs, counterpart funding for Agricultural programmes,among other gestures.
Unless they get private investors to operate it, it's another avenue for embezzlement. It will never work. Govt has never operated anything well. Look at our refineries. Tell me what business govt gas run well.
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