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Stakeholders in Lagos State’s Coconut value chain have called on the Nigeria Institute for Oil-Palm Research (NIFOR) and other similar institutes to conduct continuous research and development on improved varieties of coconut with a lesser gestation period. This was part of the resolutions made by stakeholders at the end of a one-day Coconut Value Chain Stakeholders Forum organised by the …

…Trains 30 Student Nurses in Coconut Value Chain Lagos State Government reiterated its commitment to the promotion of a Youth Empowerment Scheme that would expose youths and students to modern agricultural, value chain skills and methods in the post-COVID-19 era. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya made this known at the opening ceremony of a five-day training in the …

The General Manager, Lagos State Coconut Development Authority (LASCODA), Mr. Dapo Olakulehin has paid a courtesy visit to the office of Mrs. Umul-Kulthum Ninilomo Bashar, the newly appointed Executive Secretary, Lagos State Law Reform Commission (LAWRECOM). Speaking during the visit, Mr. Olakulehin, congratulated the new Executive secretary on her appointment, stressing that one of the reasons for the visit was to explore …

The General Manager, Lagos State Coconut Development Authority (LASCODA), Mr. Dapo Olakulehin, has charged the Association of Lagos State Coconut Processors (ALSCOP) to initiate viable projects in order to attract government support. Olakulehin, who stated this while welcoming representatives of the Association on a courtesy visit to his office at Old Secretariat, Ikeja, reiterated the State Government’s preparedness to support all …

The Lagos State Government has embarked on the training of youths and women on commercial Coconut Oil processing at the Farm Service Centre, Oko-Oba, Agege as part of efforts towards Making Lagos State a 21st Century Economy. In his address at the commencement of the training programme recently, the General Manager, Lagos State Coconut Development Authority, LASCODA, Mr. Dapo Olakulehin stated …

The Lagos State Coconut Development Authority (LASCODA), in collaboration with the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF), has set plans in motion to organise a 4-week long coconut-based arts and craft training for residents of the State. The General Manager, LASCODA, Mr. Dapo Olakulehin, who disclosed this recently, explained that the training programme is one of the government initiatives aimed …