Jacob Ogodo, Abakaliki
In a way to boost agricultural produce and food security, the Deputy Chief Whip of the 10th Senate, Senators Onyekachi Peter Nwebonyi has flagged off the distribution of 5000 bags of fertilizer and other farm inputs to the farmers across Ebonyi North Senatorial District.
The flag off took place at Izzi Local Government Area of the State with 1000 bags allocated to the local government area.
Represented at the occasion by Barr. Patrick Mbam, Senator Nwebonyi said the distribution of farm inputs to farmers across the zone had become an annual ritual because Ebonyi North is predominantly agrarian.
He maintained that the early distribution of farm inputs would not only boost agricultural productivity and guarantee food security but also create economic prosperity for the people.
While officially flagging off the distribution of the fertilizers, the State Commissioner for Agriculture, Hon Mrs Nkechinyere Iyioku represented by the Director in the Ministry, Mrs Oby Chidinma Okoye praised Senator Nwebonyi for his visionary leadership and charged the farmers to utilize the inputs to create food security in the state.
Also speaking, the Executive Chairman of Izzi Local Government Area, Barr. Stephen Nwankpa, lauded Senator Nwebonyi for what he described as his superlative performance in the 10th Senate.
Nwankpa urged the Electorates as well as the farmers and other beneficiaries to be agents of peace and law abiding at all times and to make good use of the inputs to generate enough food for the citizens and to boost Agricultural business.
“Once you use this this inputs given to you today very well, hunger will end and the economy of the country will improve by 90 percent. He said.
The Member representing Izzi West state constituency, Abiri Godwin Abiri said the Senator Nwebonyi has done well both in human capital development and infrastructural projects in the Senatorial Zone.
Abiri urged the people of the Zone to continue giving him support to do more.
Some of the beneficiaries, including the traditional ruler of Ndieze Echi autonomous community, HRH Eze Ogbonna Eze, Mr. Ogaranya Sunday and Hon Mrs Ogbonna Sunday, expressed profound gratitude to Senator Nwebonyi for the fertilizer intervention, pledging to utilize the inputs diligently to achieve bumper harvests.
The distribution of one thousand bags of fertilizers to Izzi local government area was conducted in an orderly manner, with each of the fourteen electoral wards allocated 60 bags of fertilizer for onward distribution to genuine farmers across the wards.
