Empowering Agriculture: The Pathway to Bayelsa’s Industrial Future – Dep. Gov. Ewhrudjakpo to NiWAB

The Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, made the assertion on Tuesday when the state chapter of the Nigerian Women in Agricultural Business (NIWAB) paid him a courtesy visit in Government House, Yenagoa.

The Deputy Governor noted that agriculture was one of the legs on which the ASSURED Prosperity Agenda of the Governor Douye Diri-led Administration stands as it holds huge potential for the state.

According to him, the key to get Bayelsa industrialised lies in agriculture, and therefore, emphasised the need for every stakeholder in the sector, including NIWAB to maximally explore areas in which it has comparative advantage to achieve food security

While commending NIWAB for their bold initiative to key into the goal of agricultural revolution by the present administration, Senator Ewhrudjakpo, however, clarified that ‘henceforth government would only partner serious-minded agricultural cooperatives to drive the process.”

Earlier in her presentation, the State President of the NIWAB, Mrs Ebimotimi Leghemo, said women farmers in Bayelsa were ready to take full advantage of the fertile soil in the state to produce enough food to feed all Bayelsans and supply other states.

Mrs Leghemo, who disclosed that over 15,000 Bayelsan women had so far registered with NIWAB, declared the cooperative’s readiness to work with the Prosperity Administration in agriculture, and solicited support from government.