RSG Set To Unveil Cassava Processing Factory, May

The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike says his administration has successfully completed the state cassava processing factory that will buy-off cassava tubers from 3,000 Rivers farmers regularly.
At a presentation of processed cassava flour to him and members of the Rivers State Executive Council, last Wednesday, by members of Management and Board of the Rivers State Cassava Processing Company, Wike endorsed the inauguration of the facility in May, 2021.
Wike noted that in 2015 when he assumed office, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), one of the shareholders in the company was downsizing its operations in the country, and it was going to impede actualising the cassava factory, if nothing was done.
So, he said, his administration took the decision to finance the project, and today, it has paid off because it was now completed and ready for production with its attendant job creation benefits.
“The Rivers State Government took it upon itself, since we are trying to diversify, to make sure that this project is completed.
“We put all the funds we could muzzle, and today, we give God the glory, that we have achieved it. 3,000 farmers will be benefitting. If you calculate 3,000 farmers making money and the multiplier effects, you’ll be talking about 6,000 persons.
“That is creating of jobs, and we are happy that we are doing it. Our own is not propaganda, it’s not where, everyday, government releases money in the guise of boosting agriculture, and at the end of the day, you don’t see anything.”