We’ll Pay Attention  To Agriculture – Guber Aspirant 

The gubernatorial candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), Engr Danagogo Wenike-Briggs,  has said that plans  are underway to develop  the Agricultural sector of Rivers State  so as to ensure food  security.
Wenike-Briggs, who disclosed this in an interview with The Tide in Port Harcourt, yesterday, said young people need to be encouraged  to consider  agriculture as an alternative  means of livelihood.
According to him, agriculture  can turn the economic tide around for the better for any people  or government that is sensitive  about growth and development.
He said the sector  is very large to generate  income needed  for the transformation of the economy  of any serious-minded people.
“We will consider  agricultural development.  We want  our people  to think less  on consumption and more on production.
“We must make sure that our government  will provide  everything needed for a safe landing in agriculture”, he said.
The guber aspirant explained further that the agricultural sector has the capacity  to replace  the beleaguered oil sector,  but expressed regrets  that no government  has given it adequate attention.
For  security,  he hinted that  there will be a foreign  partnership  that will make it a reality, “so that the labour of farmers  will not be in vain”.
The civil engineer turned politician emphasized that food security  will also  be possible  by serious  government’s involvement in the means  of production,   adding that “you  cannot secure  what you do not have.
“Before talking of food security,  we must first and foremost talk  about its production. That way, we stand at a better vintage position  to discuss  other things  that are incidental  to it.
“That  is why we need all of you, including the media to join us”, he said.
He also hinted on boosting  the aquatic life of the state to give relief to the riverine areas  in order to boost their  economic activities.
The Tide learnt that about 80 per cent of poultry products consumed in the state  come from Ibadan, the Oyo State capital..

By: King Onunwor