LASG Hails Rivers On Songhai Farm

The Lagos  State Government has said that, the Rivers Songhai farm project at Buneu community in Tai Local Government Area  has placed the state ahead its peers in food security and employment generation in the country.

The Lagos State  commissioner  for Agriculture and Cooperative, Mr. Gbolahan Lawal who said this during a tour on the farm last  Saturday also described the project as “climate change smart innovation”.

Mr. Lawal said that he was  impressed with the Rivers Songhai farm project, stressing that Lagos state Government would see how the project could be replicated in the state.

“I came here on a tour on the instruction of the Governor of Lagos State  Bubatunde  Fashola, with what we have seen here today, I’m highly impressed with the Governor of Rivers State Rt. Hon. Amaechi. He’s  done very well.

“My prayer is for every successful Government in Rivers State to  be able  to sustain this dream, because  government  politics should not be allowed to interfere  with what is happening” he said.

The Lagos State Agriculture and Cooperative Commissioner also commended the Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency (RSSDA) for doing a great job in the state and stressed that the projects being undertaken by the Agency would improve the living standard of the people as well as the economy of the State.

Also speaking, the Executive Director of the Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency (RSSDA) Mr. Noble Pepple said that the Agency was happy that other states in the country are beginning to notice the agricultural development initiatives in the state.

“It is a very encouraging development that other states are beginning to take notice of what we began here as an initiative intended to attract our young men and women into agriculture.

Mr. Pepple however said that the credit goes to the Rivers State Governor Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi  Amaechi whose vision RSSDA  is implementing.

The Lagos State Commissioner was accompanied by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry and other officials  of the government.