Rivers Songhai Hosts Executive Council Retreat Friday

Baring any last minute change in plans, the Rivers State Songhai farm project at Bunu Tai in the Tai Local Government Area will host the first Rivers State Government Executive council retreat on the 30th of October, 2011.

The Executive Director of the Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency (RSSDA) Mr Noble Pepple who said this in an interview with newsmen in Port Harcourt, said that the agency is not leaving any stone unturned towards the provision of accommodation for the 120 delegates expected at the retreat.

Mr Pepple said that, the retreat will create opportunities  for the people of both Rivers State and other Nigerians to come to terms with what the state governor Rt Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi is doing in the state in the area of food security.

The RSSDA Executive Director also said that the second phase of the Songhai farm project which commences very soon will have a three Star Hotel that will serve as an ECO tourism centre.

According to him, the Rivers State Songhai farm project was set up to provide support to farmers across,  the state while the agency’s regional farms and aquaculture centres   located in major centre in the state is providing support to farmers with the view to impacting skills to them.

Meanwhile the Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency (RSSDA) has disclosed plans for a grassroot millionaire programme for the state.

The manager enterprise development, RSSDA, Mr Sylvester Okoh disclosed this while conducting newsmen round the RSSDA regional aquaculture centre at Ubima in the Ikwerre Local government Area.

Mr Okoh said that the programme which starts with 145 youths will see them being attach to business centres for skills acquisition.