PHOTOS: Governor Wike launches School Farm Initiative Project

PHOTOS: Governor Wike launches School Farm Initiative Project

 

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike on Friday launched the  Rivers State School farm/Agri-Business Initiative Project aimed kick-starting student interest in commercial farming across the state.

Governor Wike also announced  that  his administration  will  in the  coming  weeks appoint principals in secondary  schools  without substantive  principals and also promote deserving teachers. 

Launching the pilot scheme of the project at the Government Girls Secondary School, Rumuokwuta in Obio/Akpor  LGA,  Governor  Wike  said  the  project will help in enhancing food security in Rivers State. 

According  to him, exposing students  to the tenets of practical  farming, will encourage  them to embrace commercial  agriculture  in the  future. 

He directed the State Commissioner,  Mrs Onimim Jacks to provide the necessary  support to all the school  authorities involved in the school  farming  project. 

Governor  Wike said: "It is important  to introduce school farms in different  schools  in the  state.  We want to encourage  our students  to embrace practical  agriculture."

The governor charged the management of Government Girls Secondary School, Rumuokwuta to ensure  that  all intruders are kept out of  the  institution.

He assured  that  his administration  will  develop  boarding  schools in all the three Senatorial Districts of the  state. 

In her address,  the Rivers State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mrs Onimim Jacks said that  the  state government  will revive previously  abandoned demonstration farms and seed multiplication centres in different  local government areas.

She said  in the  next phase of the project, the State Government will promote  pilot  farms in selected schools.