Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State, Chief Uche Nnaji has decried the dearth of commercial agriculture in the state.
Nnaji while speaking on the issue, said an agrarian people like ndi Enugu should be one of the leaders in agriculture in the country. He therefore stated that his administration would promote Green Revolution in the state by earmarking 10,000 hectares of land in each senatorial district of the state and use government resources to prepare the ground and allocate same to young people and other farmers to cultivate with the provision of financial support and improved seedlings and machinery, to produce for local consumption and export.
The gubernatorial hopeful was speaking at the Enugu Chamber of Commerce Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA) House, while presenting his programme to the Enugu Business Community under the aegis of (ECCIMA) and the Enugu Coalition for Business and Professional Association (ECOBA).
Uche Nnaji
He also promised that his administration would promote commercial agriculture, adding that he would invest in the industrial processing of agricultural produce, in partnership with the private sector and reduce youth unemployment to a minimal level in four years.
Chief Nnaji, a firm believer in “aku luo uno”, has personally invested more than N6 billion naira in rice processing with other auxiliary businesses. This significant investment will reduce agricultural waste and inefficiencies currently experienced by rice farmers in Enugu State.
