Nigeria State Government Budgets for Indigenous Fruit Tree Production

Enugu State government earmarked N4 million for the production of 300,000 forest trees and indigenous fruits in its 2017 budget, Finance Commissioner Mrs. Eucharia Offor has said.

She spoke at the 2017 budget breakdown in Enugu.

Offor said the N4 million was part of the N46 million allocated to the Forestry Commission.

She added that it was under the seeding production the government aimed at raising more than 150,000 fast growing forest tree seedlings of teak and eucalyptus.

The commissioner said another 150,000 indigenous fruit trees, such as mahogany and others used in the production of local delicacies would be raised.

http://thenationonlineng.net/n4m-budgeted-indigenous-fruit-trees-production/

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