Residents Want Resuscitation Of Rumuekini Fish Farm

Residents and indigenes of Rumuekini Community in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, have called on the new chairman of the council, Barrister George Ariolu, to resuscitate the Rumuekini Fish Farm project.
Some of the residents who spoke to The Tide on their expectations from the new chairman, expressed disappointment that a fish farm of such magnitude was abandoned for many years.
According to Mr Clifford Amadi, the abandonment of the fish farm has deprived some people of their means of livelihood.
He said that the fish farm, which was built during the administration of Timothy Nsirim as the council chairman, was a legacy project capable of boosting the local economy of the area if properly harnessed.
Similarly, an indigene of Rumuekini, Chief Maxwel Chime, expressed sadness that the fish farm was abandoned.
“This is the project that will make you feel the presence of government in this community, but I don’t know what happened that made successive administrations in the council to abandon the farm.
“It is my desire that the new Chairman, Barrister Ariolu and his team will visit the farm, and revive it. That alone will endear me to his policies,” Chime said.
Meanwhile, another indigene of the area, Mr Bekwele Chinda, alleged that the abandonment of the Rumuekini Fish Farm was political.
He urged the new council chairman to make a difference by resuscitating the fish farm for the economic growth of the area. 

By: Corlins Walter