EMOLGA Farmers Want Soft Loan Empowerment 

The Leadership of Emohua Farmers Association of Nigeria (EFAN), an umbrella  of farmers in the Local Government Area, has appealed to the Rivers State Government to empower their members with soft loans.
The farmers said such empowerment would enable the members and Association function effectively and turn out more produce in the State.
Chairman, EFAN, Apostle Enyindah Chukwunma, stated this to newsmen in  Port Harcourt during an interview.
Apostle Chukwunma who, commended Governor Nyesom Wike on his socio-economic development programme across the State, said EFAN has membership strength of over 2,000 registered farmers in the area.
The chairman who lauded Governor Wike and LGA Chairman, Dr. Chidi Lloyd, for what he called their people-oriented projects in the State, noted that EFAN lacks adequate funds and logistics to function optimally in the State.
“We need  funds and logistics as farmers to function effectively and buy implements for our teeming farmers in the LGA”, he said.
EFAN, he explained, is aimed at alleviating poverty and  starvation in the LGA and beyond  through its  effective and radical farming approach to produce enough food for the people.
He appealed to the State Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, to train and retrain local farmers in modern farming technology.
“We, as EFAN members, are soliciting for training and retraining of our members by the State Ministry of Agriculture to equip us with modern farming knowledge”, Apostle Chukwunma said.
He also commended Emolga Chairman,  Dr.  Lloyd, for curbing acts of insecurity and other forms of criminality across communities in Emohua, saying “without peace, there would not be modern days’ economic development in any area”.

By: Chinedu Wosu