Senator Orji Uzor Kalu representing Abia North Senatorial District, has commenced the second batch of distribution of 450,000 palm seedlings to rural farmers in Abia and other neighbouring states.

The project is one of the empowerment programmes introduced by the Orji Uzor Kalu Foundation to bring back the glorious days of high palm oil production and to boost the economies of families in Nigeria.

The aim of the gesture, Igbere TV gathered, was to revive, boost and reinvigorate the agricultural sector in the state and Nigeria as a whole.

Igbere TV reports that the first batch, which commenced in April under the Agricultural Empowerment Initiative of the Senator’s Foundation, saw the distribution of special high yielding palm seedlings at no cost to farmers.

Speaking at the launch of the seedlings at his Igbere country home in Bende Local Government Area, the two-time governor said the initiative was his own support to President Muhammadu Buhari’s policy to revolutionise agriculture in Nigeria.

He also said that the initiative was designed to encourage the people, particularly youths, to delve into farming to create wealth and become self-reliant.

“This is a sure way of creating wealth among the people. It is better than sharing money to them,” he said.

Kalu, a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress in the state, said that the distribution would cut across party line, describing the gesture as non-partisan.

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