Mbah flags off revitalisation of Enugu United Palm Products Ltd

Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, yesterday, performed the formal flag-off of the revitalisation of the Enugu United Palm Products Limited (EUPPL).
The ceremony, which was held at Ibite-Olo, Ezeagu LGA of the state, was a sequel to the N100 billion deal between the Enugu State Government and Pragmatic Palms Limited (PPL), in May this year.

In the upstream, he said that with only 40 per cent of the 6,700 hectares of land planted so far, EUPPL would embark on aggressive planting of the unplanted lands, increasing the planted area to at least 20,000 hectares in five years.
   
In the midstream, Nwangwu said: “We will set up world-class oil mills across the three locations as well as increasing the oil production capacity over time.”
In her remarks, the Commissioner for Trade, Investment and Industry, Adaora Chukwu, recalled that EUPPL, originally established by the government of the defunct East Central State in 1970 on 6,700 hectares traversing Ibite-Olo in Ezeagu LGA, Ugwuoba in Oji River LGA, and Umulokpa in Uzo-Uwani LGA, though initially viable, was crippled by mismanagement, obsolete equipment, and limited market access.
 
 Meanwhile, the host communities lauded Mbah for reviving the EUPPL after over 40 years of dormancy and ruin, with a businessman and community leader from Olo, Johnmary Anagolu, pledging a donation of N50 million to support the administration’s infrastructural development in the area.