Fatai Afolabi, consultant to DUFIL ; the traditional ruler of the host communities, Enogie Iguoghr Omokaru and Manju Nathan, representative of the company during the EIA scoping presentation, recently.
As part of the EIA process, DUFIL organised an EIA scoping workshop involving critical stakeholders, including some affected villages, government agencies, non-governmental organisations, the private sector operators and the media. The factory development would also include ancillary utilities and infrastructure like offices, warehouses, water and power supply facilities. The vegetation of the project site is majorly degraded forests and farmlands. The proposed development would, therefore, not involve the clearing of primary forests. There are no rivers in the vicinity of the project site; however, any sensitive habitats that may be identified proximal to the project site will be conserved.
The project is expected to generate considerable solid and liquid waste. The solid waste to be generated from the cassava flour mill factory is majorly organic waste. The bulk of the organic solid waste to be generated at the cassava flour mill factory would be processed into composts, which would be used in the oil palm nursery and plantation as organic manure.
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