palm oil production in akwa ibom state in togo

                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
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  • Why is Akwa Ibom reopening its palm oil plantation?
  • The Akwa Ibom government has announced plans to revamp its palm oil plantation known as Dakkada Global Oil Palm Limited, formerly known as Akwa Palms Estate to boost the drive towards industrialisation. The palm farm is located in six communities in Esit Eket, Urueffong Oruko and Mbo Local Government Areas of the state.
  • Will Akwa Ibom reactivate?
  • If the Akwa Palm is reactivated and made to work optimally, Akwa Ibom state will, in no distant future, become a designation centre for manufacturers who are looking for natural seed oils, like palm oil, as an alternative to unhealthy hydrogenated fats.”
  • What is Akwa palm oil plantation?
  • The move is in response to repeated calls for states to identify one specific dominant crop in their locality and cultivate it in commercial quantities for local consumption and for export. The 3,000 hectares Akwa Palm Oil Plantation was established by the government of the then South-eastern state in 1962.
  • What percentage of Nigeria's palm oil exports came from Akwa palm plantation?
  • According to him, the oil palm plantation, which can employ over 500 workers during its active years, contributed 34 per cent of Nigeria’s palm oil export in the 1970s and 80s. The commissioner, who lamented the long neglect, said the late businessman MKO Abiola brought Malaysians who took palm oil seedlings from Akwa Palm.