Benue Government Lease Land To Obasanjo Farms For Mango Plantation The Benue Government says it has leased a total of 2,599 hectares of land to Obasanjo Farms for mango plantation and milk production. Lawrence Onoja, Commissioner for Information, while briefing journalists after the State Executive Council meeting on Thursday in Makurdi, said that 2,420 hectares were for the plantation, while 139 hectares were for milk production. Mr. Onoja said that the lease agreement would be reviewed after every five years, adding that a hectare was given out for N10,000. He said that Benue had embraced the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), with the Attorney General, Mike Gusah, detailed to draft a bill to the state assembly to that effect for adoption. He further disclosed that the council had approved the renovation of three dams – Agu in Guma Local Government Area, Ber-Agbum in Ushongo Local Government and Oweto in Agatu Local Government. The commissioner said that the council ...