Akwa Ibom Set to Produce 2million Coconut Daily

Akwa Ibom State government has put machinery in place to ensure that it meets the two million per day refining capacity of Coconut Refinery by December this year.

The state commissioner of Agriculture, Offiong Offor, gave the assurance while speaking with newsmen in the state.

Ofor disclosed that more than one million hybrid seedlings had already been planted in the last six years at various locations in the state in a renewed effort to meet the demands of the refinery.

The commissioner noted that the initiative aimed at encouraging the growing of the plant in public secondary schools had been expanded to public primary schools, local government councils and traditional rulers’ council.