DELTA State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has urged rice farmers to
increase their production to meet with the needs of Nigerians and benefit from
the likely
incentives of the Federal Government.
The governor
made the call, weekend, at a town hall meeting at Akwukwu-Igbo, headquarters of
Oshimili North Local Government Area.
He said there were indications that the
Federal Government might ban the importation of rice, adding: “We are also,
encouraging our farmers to benefit from the Central Bank of Nigeria anchor
borrowers programme, which will not only provide funds for farmers, but ensure
that their products get to the market.”
Expressing regret that most farmers in
the state were yet to access the fund due to improper documentation, he said
that besides massive construction in all the local government areas of the
state, his administration would continue to deliver more dividends of democracy
to the people;
“By God’s
grace, we will do a lot more as we are doing our best to provide the needed
infrastructure in different parts of the state; the town hall meeting is for
you (Deltans) to speak freely because, this is an opportunity to contribute to
governance,” he asserted. Chairman of Oshimili North local government area,
Hon. Louis Ndukwe had in an address thanked Governor Okowa for the projects
executed in the state, especially in Oshimili North local government area.
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