Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has reiterated his determination to reduce rural-urban drift by developing the rural areas.
Ikpeazu spoke when Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of National Agricultural Land Development Authority Prince Paul Ikonne visited him at the Government House in Umuahia.ADVERTISEMENT
He said the government had ordered for machinery to establish some cottage agro-industries from Tiny Tech Corporation of India, but the pandemic hampered their trip to Nigeria.
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