CDC Urges RSG To Empower Farmers

The Chairman, Aminigboko Community Development Committee (CDC), in Abua/Odual Local Government Area of Rivers State, Mr. Chukwudi  Georgewill,  has called on the state government to empower farmers in the area.

Georgewill, a subsistence farmer, who spoke to our correspondent over the weekend said the farmers should be given a reasonable amount of money to enable them stand on their feet again after the effect of last year’s flooding which ravaged their farmers.

According to him, since the flood was still expected in 2013, he opined that the government should look for areas that would not be affected by the flood with a view to relocating them.

He recalled that the last flood “affected me and people around but the government did not reach us”.

The CDC boss further explained that in terms of feeding and financial support, the impact from the local government was not felt by them even as he said what he saw was the distribution of maize that was given to a few people.

“Of course we expected stables like rice, beans and fish among other necessities.

“You know that rice, beans and their like can be described as social food which both the rich and poor cannot do without.

“These are the essential commodities of life apart from the usual garri”, he said.

He expressed the fear that a basin of garri which ordinarily sold for less than two thousand naira has risen to more than three thousand, five hundred naira.

“Even as we speak, garri has risen to about four thousand naira in my community and that means the effect of the last flood was still on,” he said.