Key-In
To Benefit From Govt, Ukah Urges Anglican Parishioners
Parishioners of the Anglican
Communion have been urged to key into the prosperity for all Deltans agenda of
the government of Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa in order to benefit from the SMART
Agenda of the government.
The state Commissioner for
Information, Mr. Patrick Ukah, made the call recently while delivering a paper
to mark the 40th anniversary of the creation of Asaba Diocese
of the Anglican Communion.
The Commissioner stated that
some persons are missing out on the many platforms provided by the government
to empower Deltans because such persons lack the needed information hence the
need to enlighten the parishioners.
Speaking on the different
platforms, Mr. Ukah stated that the governor, among others, repositioned the
agricultural sector since the state can boast of major agricultural products
like rubber, oil palm, rice, yam, cassava, potato, tomato and fish.
Among these, the government is
laying more emphasis on three key areas for value chain development. They
include oil palm, cassava and aquaculture, while also encouraging cultivation
of other crops such as tomato and rice.
The Commissioner revealed that
as part of deliberate effort of the government to focus on agriculture, the
state is planning to establish centralized geographical area for
agro–processing, agribusiness, marketing and value adding activities supported
by a dedicated concentration of infrastructural facilities and amenities. The
initiative, he said, has reached advanced stage as Ogwashi Uku was chosen for
the pilot project which is estimated to cost 30 million US Dollars.
Mr. Ukah stated that other
areas of achievements include distribution of 220,000 Improved oil palm
seedlings to farmers for enhanced yields, institution of two rice mills in
Obior and Ikweghu – Agbarha, institution of two cluster fish farms in Mbiri in
Ika North East and Ewulu in Aniocha South Local government areas, establishment
of a cane rat cutter (Grass Cutter) and goat multiplication centre at ADP
Ibusa, and rehabilitating fisheries laboratories in Warri.
He therefore urged the
parishioners, especially the youths, to key into the different programmes of
the government aimed at empowering all in order to achieve the prosperity of
all Deltans mantra of the Okowa-led administration.
In his
remarks, the Bishop of Asaba Diocese, Anglican Communion, Rt. Rev.
Justus Mogekwu, commended the state government for all it has been doing to
empower Deltans and appealed to the government to assist schools that were
returned to the Missions since it has not been easy to run the schools from the
time they were returned.
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