Agriculture
RSG Committed To Rice, Fish Production – Commisioner
The Rivers State Government says the establishment of the proposed rice farms in Abua/Odual and Emohua Local Government Areas of the state respectively is fully on course.
Making the disclosure recently in her office in Port Harcourt, the State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mrs Onimim Jack while speaking to journalists, assured of the government’s commitment to the rice farm projects.
She disclosed that already, agric equipment were at the two project sites.
“Tractors are already at site in both Abua/Odual and Emohua”, she said.
It would be recalled that at a press briefing late last year, the commissioner had explained plans put in place for the establishment of rice farms in the state.
Also throwing light on the Oyorokoto fish farm in Andoni Local Government Area, the commissioner explained that the project would be adequately encouraged.