PHCCIMA, Others Woo Ikwerre Youths, Women On Agro-Business

As a way of ensuring food security in Ikwerre communities and Rivers State in general, the President, Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (PHCCIMA), Eze Mike Elechi, has called on the Ikwerre nation to return to commercial agriculture.
He made the call in his keynote address at the 2022 economic Summit, organized by Ikwerre Federated Union (IFU), themed “Agriculture to Agric- business”.
“Ikwerre people should be bold to take up career in agric business. Parents should go back to farm. Children should do so after their education. It does not remove anything from them.
“We will not die of hunger, forget exchange rate, forget economic tight situations.
“Exchange rate does not affect Agricultural production . Take my lecture into two. I want to do business out of agriculture, that is what is called agric business .
“At that time you are ready to make money with agriculture using knowledge and integrity.
“We are Ikwerre people and we have one resource, which is land and so we need go back and use those lands  for agric business”, he urged.
Another speaker, Dr. Victoria Wali, adviced Ikwerre people to be self-reliant when it comes to food production .
According to her, “Ikwerre must get up to become the food basket of the state, They  should all go back and practice what we have discussed today.
“If we do that, within  a short period, there must be an improvement on our personal lives and businesses.
“We know that it is always good to encourage oneself and not to rely on another person”.
Earlier, the President of Ikwerre Federated Union (IFU), Dr. Paul Wowor, said the economic summit was put together to encourage more Ikwerre people to get involved in Agric business.
“We are asking for all the Ikwerre Youths and women to go into Agriculture. From agriculture they grow to agric business.
“We want them to get to a point where they will be exporting yams, casava, cucumber, tomatoes and everything. We want to achieve this in five years time”, he said.

By: Lilian Peters