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Gov Ikpeazu Vows To Work On Rural-Urban Migration

Ikpeazu spoke when Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) Prince Paul Ikonne visited him at the Government House in Umuahia.

The governor said his administration mainstreamed agriculture as an alternative source of income.

Ikpeazu, who described agriculture as key to the survival of society, regretted that COVID-19 hindered his vision of establishing cottage industries in some parts of the state.

He said the government had ordered for machinery to establish some cottage agro-industries from Tiny Tech Corporation of India, but the pandemic hampered their trip to Nigeria.

Ikpeazu urged Ikonne to approach his position from a multi-sectorial angle and address soil and gully erosion in the state.

Ikonne said President Muhammadu Buhari revived NALDA because of his passion to ensure food security.

According to him, programmes, such as Back to Farm, National Young Farmers Scheme, were designed to take young youths back to the farm.

He added that two processing centres would be cited in the state, and hailed communities for donating lands for agricultural value chains.

 

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