Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has harped on stronger partnership and collaboration between the Niger Delta Improvement Fee and host states within the planning and implementation of programmes and insurance policies as the simplest approach of making correct improvement affect within the Niger Delta area.
Fubara disclosed this whereas talking on the official launch of the FGN/NDDC/IFAD Livelihood Enchancment Household Enterprises-Niger Delta for Akwa Ibom, Imo and Rivers States in Port Harcourt on Friday.
The governor was represented on the occasion by his Particular Adviser on Civil Society Relations, Prince Nna.
Nna mentioned, “Agriculture is a significant space of focus of the current administration in Rivers State. Only a few days in the past, the Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, inaugurated the Board of the Rivers State Funding Promotion Company to drive funding and financial improvement within the State, with a deal with agriculture.
“It is necessary for the NDDC to companion with its host communities and states, particularly within the realization of the position State Governments play within the Land Use Act.”
He expressed delight over the conception of the programme and the profitable launching of its second section, which incorporates Rivers State, and guaranteed the help of the Rivers State Authorities in its implementation.
Nna said that the administration accords precedence consideration to agricultural improvement, noting that the governor’s inauguration of the Board of the Rivers State Funding Promotion Company just a few days in the past has opened extra vistas of alternative for partnerships and financial investments within the state.
He invited real traders within the agriculture worth chain to make the most of accessible alternatives and make investments their assets within the huge potentials of the State for prime return on investments, including that the State Authorities has created the enabling setting for worth addition to traders’ portfolios.
In his tackle, the MD/CEO of NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, mentioned the initiative was focused at breaking new grounds, cultivating alternatives for wealth creation and meals safety within the Niger Delta states by improvement within the agricultural sector in keeping with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s declaration of emergency on agriculture.
Highlights of the occasion had been the governor’s launching of the FGN/NDDC/IFAD Livelihood Enchancment Household Enterprises-Niger Delta (LIFE-ND).
The NDDC MD/CEO, Dr Samuel Ogbuku; Minister of Agriculture and Meals Safety, Abubakar Kyari; and Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Financial system, Wale Edun, who had been each represented on the occasion and different NDDC board members.
