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Soludo moves to boost food production, maps out N1 billion to empower women

  


By Okechukwu Okechukwu

Anambra State Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Foster Ihejiofor, Wednesday, said governor Chukwuma Soludo has mapped out a sum of N1 Billion to empower women based corporative societies across the 326 electoral wards in the state.


The Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Foster Ihejiofor, who disclosed this during a courtesy call to his office by Ultimate Business Women And Farmers Association Of Nigeria (UBWFAN), explained that the fund would be for cooperative societies embarking on food production, adding that each electoral ward will receive N3 million.


According to Ihejiofor, the initiative would help to boost food production in the State, as well as encourage at least 8,000 women to live up to their expectations in agriculture.


"He is talking about each ward to get N 3 million for those in the agricultural sector and that would be about N 1 Billion or so and such women organizations would also be factored in for special relationship to partner with the state government," he stated.


Earlier in her address, the National President of the Ultimate Business Women And Farmers Association Of Nigeria ( UBWFAN), Hon Nkiru Nwagbo, said the visit was aimed at intimating the Commissioner of the needs to integrate women aspiration in their activities.

"In this respect therefore, we urge you to integrate our members into National and International Organizations interested in building capacity of farmers notably federal government international food agriculture development program and the value chain development program (FGN/IFAD, VCDP) as well as ADP .

"We expect that you should include us in their programs especially to enable us learn and tap into the opportunity therein.  We also wish to extend our hands of commitment to you in the promotion of the lofty agricultural programs of the state government," she said.

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