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KonnectFarm sets up African second biggest snail farm in Ekiti
By Abolaji Adebayo
A private organisation, KonnectFarm Agricbusiness Nigeria Limited in partnership with Touchstone Snails Technology, Cyprus, has set up the African second biggest snail farm in Nigeria.
The multi-billion naira Egbeja Snail Village established in Okemesi Ekiti, Ekiti West Local Government Area of the State will be commissioned on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 by the Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayide Fayemi.
Over 2,000 workers will be employed to work in the farm.
The commissioning, according to the state government, will take place on Tuesday, January 19, 2021.
The project is designed to be the largest snail farm in Nigeria and second largest in Africa with capacity to produce a minimum of 2.6 million kg (2,600 metric tons) of snails per annum.
The Founder of Farmkonnectng Agricbusiness, Azeez Oluwole Saheed, said he decided to set up the integrated snail farm in Okemesi Ekiti in view of Ekiti State’s friendly investment environment made possible by the ease of doing business policy of the state government led by governor Fayemi.
According to him, over N5.2 billion has been committed to the integrated snail farm project with capacity to employ over 2,000 skilled and unskilled personnel.
He added that aside snail meat that would be produced at the farm, slime extracted from the snails would be exported based on its high demand in pharmaceutical, skin and hair care industries.
