From TCNEWS
The Governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti, has inaugurated the Isuikwuato Agriculture Revolution Program, ISAREP with a charge on Local Government Areas and communities in the state to embrace the new Abia agenda on agriculture to achieve food sufficiency in Abia.
Speaking during the inauguration which also featured the flag off ceremony of Year 2024 Isuikwuato Planting Season held at Isuikwuato LGA headquarters recently, the governor described the event as an excellent opportunity to further ramp up support for agriculture as a business.
The Governor, represented by his Special Adviser on Agriculture, Dr. Cliff Agbaeze said his administration is on a mission to transform the state and restore its pride in the comity of states.
He said that he has taken giant strides in virtually all the sectors to demonstrate his determination to build a new Abia and emphasized that agriculture remains a major focus in his transformation agenda.
Gov. Otti who commended the leadership of Isuikwuato Consultative Forum (ICF) for the noble ideas that birthed the programme also appreciated the ICF leader, Chief Ray Nkemdirim and assured of his full support in their efforts to diversify the economy of their LGA through greater investment in agriculture.
His words, “I urge you to keep it up as I also urge other communities and LGAs to emulate this noble gesture. Coming at this period of national food crisis and emergency, the timing of this program couldn’t have been more auspicious and perhaps, even audacious!”
“I also believe that this inauguration and flag off will bring about a huge transformation in the way agricultural business is done in Isuikwuato in particular, in Abia State in general and Nigeria at large.
“Government of Abia State strongly believes in the potential of our people; what we need to do is to unlock that potential. Abia State must feed itself and if it unlocks its full agricultural potential, I dare say, Abia State can feed Nigeria”!