Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, says his administration
will establish a ranch in Uruan area of the state that would accommodate about
2,000 cows to be imported from Mexico.
He said this yesterday at the flag off of an improved
cassava stem plantation with the aim of crashing the price of garri.
The governor explained that the cow importation was to
ensure fresh milk for Akwa Ibom people as against evaporated milk.
“Fresh milk is more nutritious and will enhance good health
and growth among the people of the state,” he said.
“Our consultants are working hard to get the projects
started”.
The cassava plantation, located in the Okobo Local
Government Area of the state, is a pet project of his wife, Mrs Martha Udom
Emmanuel.
The governor said he was putting in place a framework that
would ensure “we can actually turn around and feed ourselves,” saying
agriculture remains the highest employer of labour.
Mrs Emmanuel had earlier said that the project was in line
with her husband’s initiative of returning people to the farm.
She thanked the Ikono -Offi/Nsie community for providing
land for the project and assured that with the project.
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