Group Wants Agric Varsity In Etche

A non-governmental organisation, African Global Development for Drastic Change (AGDDC) has called for the establishment of a University of Agriculture in Etche.
President of AGDDC, Prince Dan Mbachi, who made the call in an interview with newsmen in Port Harcourt, said the call is necessitated by the numerous agricultural potential in the area.
Mbachi explained that a university or any tertiary institution with bias on agriculture would carry out needed research on agriculture and take the sector to the next level.
He regretted that government has not been able to revive the School-to-land Centre at Akwu-Obuo in spite of several calls stressing that the centre remains very important to the growth of the agricultural sector in the state.
The group called for a collaboration of private and public efforts to revive the centre.
It commended the Governor of Rivers State, Governor Nyesom Wike, for the road projects executive in Etche, noting that road infrastructure would alleviate the transportation hardship faced by farmers in the area.
“What we need more is for investors in the sector to come to Etche land to invest because its rich agricultural potentials have made it the food basket of the Niger Delta region,” he said.

Chris Oluoh