Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, at the weekend vowed to develop the agricultural sector and make it the main revenue earner...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, at the weekend vowed to develop the agricultural sector and make it the main revenue earner following declining price of crude oil at the international market.
The governor said it was expedient to get alternative sources of income to cushion the effect of crashing crude oil price. “With the price of oil crashing, it is necessary to get alternative sources of income. We know that Netherlands is good in aquaculture and we will collaborate in that area”. The governor said the government established a medical and teaching hospitals to groom the next generation of doctors and medical professionals in the state.
In his speech, the Ambassador of Kingdom of the Netherlands to Nigeria, Mr. Harry Van Dijk said that he was in the state to inspect ongoing clean up exercise in Bodo City.
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