The Pelican Valley team, led by Chief Executive Officer Dr. Babatunde Adeyemo, claimed that the trip gave them the chance to personally evaluate the Lagos farms before the opening of Pelican's Greenish Acres Farm Estate and Pelican's Ecostay Apartments in Masa Kobape axis of Ogun State on September 11th, 2022.
Dr. Adeyemo said the visit becomes necessary since the upcoming farm Estate is one of the Byproducts of one of the company's Estates, The Pelican Brief.
According to him, the project seeks to foster self-sustaining economy for the Pelican's existing clients who had already taken advantage of the Pelican Brief Estate, Kobape, due to it close proximity to the much anticipated Greenish acres farm Estate.
The Pelican boss who noted that the Farm Estate is going to be the first with government approved layout and also domiciled in the Agriculture zone of Ogun State masterplan, added that the anticipated Greenish acres Farm Estate had been 75% subscribed even before official launch.
He, however, urged prospective investors to quickly key into the project adding that the price of the land will increase from #3m to #3.5m per acre upon launch by Sept 11 2022.
The Pelican Legal and Compliance officer, Temitope Akinremi Esq., underscores the importance of the tour and planned launch of Pelican Valley Farm Estate, saying it would ensure the company functions in a legal and ethical manner while meeting its business goals.
Akinremi urged existing and prospective clients to key into it, noting that Pelican Valley in establishing the farm estate within Ogun state has passed the "legality test" and is poised to foster the development and growth of the state at large.
He cited Ogun, Kw,ara, and Osun as states that maintain liberal agricultural policies and several incentives to attract foreign investors.
"Agriculture is a concurrent matter: this means that the federating states within Nigeria are entitled to make laws concerning agricultural development (Schedule II, 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria).
"Every federal state may have its own agricultural policy and accords priority to crops that have comparable advantages, but in most cases state agricultural policy mirrors, but does not contradict, the Federal Government Agricultural Policy."
In similar vein, the Pelican Valley's Architect, Arc. Ogunlowo Damilare said the Lagos state Farm Estate provided the Pelican Valley team a forum for priceless and a detailed case study.
"This was not an oversight but a well-planned visit which gave us access to meet one of the farmers who is also a top civil servant and also getting in contact with an engineer handling some of the facilities, both in use and under construction.
"The experience and ideas gathered from the visit will guide in proper planning and design to achieve a sustainable and eco-friendly environment for the proposed Pelican Greenish Acres which is the Pelican farm Estate.
"With my several years of working with Pelican, achieving standards is a top priority. And with this latest development, all existing and potential clients should rest assured of getting the best for their money."
