Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi says he is ready to establish a massive farm project of about 10,000-hectares in Oyigbo Local Government Area of the state, if the council and the people of the area will provide land for the scheme.
He was speaking during a town hall meeting with the people of Oyigbo Local Government Area at the Oyigbo Council headquarters in Afam yesterday.
Governor Amaechi who promised to give them an agricultural project that will employ people in that area said, that would be the first step to solving economic crisis, especially now that crime is providing the people as source of livelihood.
shortly after being welcomed by the people of Oyigbo local government area led by its chairman and counsellors, chief, elders, men and women also the youths, Governor Amaechi soon took over the stage as he enumerate the achievements of his administration in Oyigbo.
He used the opportunity to emphasize that education at the primary and secondary school level were free and directed that school principals found to have collected any form of fees from pupils and students be suspended.
Later at the interactive session, participants who came forward to ask questions praised Governor Amaechi for his people-oriented projects in the state.
Welcoming the governor to his council in an address, the Chairman of Oyigbo Local Government Area, Felix Nwaeke, noted that Governor Amaechi’s policies has had positive impact on all Rivers people of Oyigbo Local Government Area.
Nwaeke also used the occasion to listed some of his achievements in Oyigbo Local
The town hall meeting is a regular interactive forum between the state governor and the people of the 23 local government councils in the state as it gives the people of the state irrespective of class to participate, an opportunity to ask governor Amaechi questions on his governance in the state.
