Edo, NEMA roll out agric intervention programme for farmers affected by flooding vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki inspecting facilities at the Weppa Farm run by Leventis Foundation; he is flanked by his Chief of Staff, Chief Taiwo Akerele ; Chairman, Leventis Foundation, Alhaji Ahmed Martey ; and Chief Executive Officer, Weppa Farm, Kayode Simeon , during the foundation laying/groundbreaking ceremony of Agricultural Management Training Institute, in Weppawanno, Agenebode, Etsako East Local Government, Edo State.
During the inauguration of the programme in Etsako East and Etsako Central, Edo State Team Supervisor for the NEMA programme, Mr Christian Omeje, said the intervention was designed to provide farm inputs to the affected farmers and alleviate the sufferings from the disaster. “The first stage of the programme has commenced in Etsako East and will be extended to Etsako Central and Esan South East LGAs, while the second phase will involve distribution of farm inputs such as agrochemicals and seedlings to the farmers, who were captured at the first stage,” Omeje noted.
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