Business
Association Demands Improved Agric Funding
The Chairman of the United Fish Farmers Association, Mr Richard Dafiaghor, has called on the Delta State Government to provide more funds to boost fish farming in Ekpan, Uvwie Local Government Area.
Dafiaghor said in Ekpan that the money would assist farmers in Ekpan to expand and improve their techniques in the fish farming business.
The chairman commended the state government for releasing N38 million in 2008.
Dafiaghor said that fish farmers got N100,000 each from the funds.
He said that the money was disbursed by the fish farmer’s cooperative society to beneficiaries.
The chairman said that the farmers had also redeemed their obligation of repaying 50 per cent of the amount to government.
He said though the farmers recently secured another N1 million loan from the state micro credit scheme, the money was not enough to meet the needs of 3,000 of them in the area.
He said that the farming population was made up of mostly women and youths.
“As part of our social responsibility, we give scholarships to indigent children in primary and secondary schools in the area.
“This has helped in checking insurgency, violence and conflicts in the Ekpan area of the state,” Dafiaghor said.