The Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara has recommended the state’s residents, particularly women, pursue careers in agriculture to help them cope with the high cost of living and hardship.
The governor emphasised that agriculture will be prioritised in the 2025 budget to implement the state’s agricultural plans.
Rivers State Head of Service, George Nweake, who represented Governor Sim Fubara, revealed this on Monday while meeting with members of the Women in Farming and Agro-Allied Support Network (WIFAASN) at Government House in Port Harcourt.
He stated that the administration’s agriculture policies are aimed at improving residents’ hardship and are now awaiting execution.
He said:
“The agriculture policies of the government have already been perfected, waiting for the time of execution and implementation.
“The governor has said that is the main target of next year’s budget: agriculture. But we will not give it to people who don’t have farms.
We will not deal with portfolio farmers.
“Those that will come with jackets are not the farmers we are looking for.
“We will not throw it in the air for the fastest person to catch it. No. If the best person in farming is a lame person, he will get it.
“Even if a sprinter is there, the sprinter will not be able to reach it. We are going to do things that will have a human face.”
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