The Integrated Rural Farmers Development and Empowerment Organization [IRUFADEO] has commended the Governor of Ebonyi State, His Excellency, Engr. Chief David Nweze Umahi for his kindness in extending his Agric Empowerment Programme to the members of the organization during the 2018 Farming Season.
The National President of IRUFADEO, Mr. Paul Ogbonnaya Njoku who described Governor Umahi as an Agric-Friendly Governor, said that posterity will judge the Governor kindly for understanding the need to revamp the Nigerian economy through Agriculture.
In an enlarged Exco meeting of the organization comprising over 300 farmers which was limited to only the Local Government Chairmen, Ward Coordinators and Group Leaders of IRUFADEO in Ebonyi State, Mr. Njoku stressed the need for Nigerians of all walks of life to take Agriculture seriously if Nigeria is to survive in its economic woes. He said that IRUFADEO will ever be grateful to Governor Umahi for not only accommodating its members in the State Government Agricultural Scheme for the 2018 Farming Season, but for also ensuring that the inputs due for the members of IRUFADEO were approved and given without delays and at the appropriate time. His words: "We in IRUFADEO will continue to be grateful to our Agric-Friendly Governor, the Governor of Ebonyi State, His Excellency, Engr Chief David Umahi for his kindness in not only accommodating the members of IRUFADEO in his 2018 Agric Program, but in ensuring also that the inputs due for the members of IRUFADEO were approved and released without delays. It is as a result of this kindness shown to us by the Governor that we are poised to reciprocate His Excellency's kindness by setting up a " Recovery Committee" whose duty it shall be to ensure that the Agric Loans of the State government are recovered from the members of IRUFADEO. We assure His Excellency that, God helping us, IRUFADEO will be the first set of people to return their part of the loan and as well supply the State Government with the quantity of the Rice Paddy and Cassava Stems that will be needed in the next year's Planting Season."
Reacting to this, one of the Coordinators, Mr. Onu James Chukwudi, expressed optimism that with the pace IRUFADEO is going, it will not only be supplying Rice Paddy and Cassava Stems to Ebonyi State Government alone, but also to other State Governments across the Federation that would like to borrow a leaf from Ebonyi State Government. He however expressed worries over civil servants who always complain that their salaries are meager and couldn't meet their basic needs. He said: "IRUFADEO is already a household name in Nigeria and it's known for its Agric-Revolution and Economic Empowerment. And with the pace IRUFADEO is going, I am confident that soon, it will become a major supplier of Rice Paddy, Cassava Stems, and other Agricultural Produce in Nigeria, not just to individuals or Ebonyi State Government alone, but also to other State Government and the Federal Government. It worries me that some civil servants bitterly complain of the insufficiency of their salaries to meet their basic needs. I challenge such people to quit their jobs and go to farm. Yes! If your salary as a civil servant is not up to your expectations, quit your job and go to farm, there, you have a whole lot of opportunities to turn things around for your own good. If Nigeria must survive as a nation, then Agriculture should be given a priority."

Comr. Ali Chiadikaobi Ogamde,
Reporting from Abakaliki.
Source: http://widestforum.com/news/irufadeo-appreciates-gov-umahi-tasks-workers-to-quit-their-jobs-and-go-to-farm/