The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has stated that the proposed ethanol project in Okeluse town, Ose Local Government Area of the state, will create no less than one millon jobs for the people of the state.
He said the project would commence before the end of this year.
The governor stated this at the dedication of the Ondo State Fadama III additional financing award of excellence to the state government in Akure, the state capital.
Akeredolu, who was represented by his Special Adviser on Agriculture and Agric-business, Mr Akin Olotu, explained that the ethanol project was designed to be the biggest project in the South-West, adding that it was a partnership between the state and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
The governor said, “It is on 15,000 hectares of land and our technical partners from China are already on ground; the factory is already designed; it is just to move it down here and the groundbreaking ceremony will hold in November.