RIVERS STATE SET TO INAUGURATE CASSAVA PLANT
* To employ 4,500 persons

The Rivers State Cassava Processing Company located at Afam, Oyigbo Local Government Area will soon come on stream.

Governor Nyesom Wike who stated this Thursday after inspecting the plant, pointed out that the company when fully operational would employ 4,500 persons and also boost agriculture in the state.

He stated that the State Government has 70 percent equity share in the project which is in partnership with Shell Petroleum Development Company(SPDC) of Nigeria.

"We are quite happy that this project which was initiated by the previous administration in 2012 and abandoned has come to the stage of completion.

"When we came on board and saw the usefulness of this project to our economy, we did not hesitate to release funds to complete it.

"As you can see this project which is about 90 percent complete would have been commissioned this month if not for the COVID-19 pandemic which has negatively impacted global economy.

"Let me commend the management of this plant for fast-tracking the completion and the novel initiative that will use mobile machines to collect cassava from the farmers at their various clusters.

"This, will no doubt, reduce the challenge of logistics and increase farmer participation, " the governor stated.

Earlier, the Managing Director of the Rivers State Cassava Processing Company, Ruben Giesen noted that the cassava processing plant when completed would increase income for small holder farmers by providing an enabling environment for them to sell their cassava tubers.

He also disclosed that the plant would produce about 45 thousand metric tons of cassava flour daily while about 12 thousand metric tons of cassava tubers would be needed for collection by its mobile plants from farmers around the state for processing.

Mr. Giesen commended the State Governor for embarking on the project, which he described as the first of its kind in sub-saharan Africa.

Paulinus Nsirim
Commissioner for Information and Communications

May 28, 2020

Lol

Guy man

Face shield!

I will use it for work , for me it is even better than the other ones

That’s a visor.

hmm

this one na helmet nao... new version of okada riders helmets.

The fear of the Chinese.

The man no one take chances.
China virus thins.

Seen quite a number of people wear this lately.

With this sort of face gear, where would he cough or sneeze into?

ddippset:
Seen quite a number of people wear this lately.

With this sort of face gear, where would he cough or sneeze into?

Lol..
I tire oo
Most of lagosians wear this now.

wike knows how to get into the news.

naija tire me, so na oyibo dey run the cassava plant?

wike knows how to get into the news.

naija tire me, so na oyibo dey run the cassava plant?

What is now the use of the glasses he wore inside?

OP WANT HAPPEN TO THE MASK.

The first and second picture are really good for memes...

brightec:
RIVERS STATE SET TO INAUGURATE CASSAVA PLANT
* To employ 4,500 persons

The Rivers State Cassava Processing Company located at Afam, Oyigbo Local Government Area will soon come on stream.

Governor Nyesom Wike who stated this Thursday after inspecting the plant, pointed out that the company when fully operational would employ 4,500 persons and also boost agriculture in the state.

He stated that the State Government has 70 percent equity share in the project which is in partnership with Shell Petroleum Development Company(SPDC) of Nigeria.

"We are quite happy that this project which was initiated by the previous administration in 2012 and abandoned has come to the stage of completion.

"When we came on board and saw the usefulness of this project to our economy, we did not hesitate to release funds to complete it.

"As you can see this project which is about 90 percent complete would have been commissioned this month if not for the COVID-19 pandemic which has negatively impacted global economy.

"Let me commend the management of this plant for fast-tracking the completion and the novel initiative that will use mobile machines to collect cassava from the farmers at their various clusters.

"This, will no doubt, reduce the challenge of logistics and increase farmer participation, " the governor stated.

Earlier, the Managing Director of the Rivers State Cassava Processing Company, Ruben Giesen noted that the cassava processing plant when completed would increase income for small holder farmers by providing an enabling environment for them to sell their cassava tubers.

He also disclosed that the plant would produce about 45 thousand metric tons of cassava flour daily while about 12 thousand metric tons of cassava tubers would be needed for collection by its mobile plants from farmers around the state for processing.

Mr. Giesen commended the State Governor for embarking on the project, which he described as the first of its kind in sub-saharan Africa.

Paulinus Nsirim
Commissioner for Information and Communications

May 28, 2020

Eye lens and this glass at once!! Sense no go kill this man

DonBenny77:
Guy man

Wicked man.

jerryunit48:
I will use it for work , for me it is even better than the other ones

better as how?

corona virus from cough stay's in air for minutes, so how is that face shield better?

Coughs or sneezes may not be the only way people transmit infectious pathogens like the novel coronavirus to one another. Talking can also launch thousands of droplets so small they can remain suspended in the air for eight to 14 minutes, according to a new study.

This man na confirmed clown.


Meanwhile that's a face shield not a face mask.

give it to them

ddippset:
Seen quite a number of people wear this lately.

With this sort of face gear, where would he cough or sneeze into?

It is wrong and Wike should query whoever advised him to wear that.
That’s a Visor. It’s worn in an environment where there are risk of aerosol like sneezes, productive coughs that sprays, vomits, etc. It shouldn’t prevent him from wearing his face mask.

A face/nose-mouth mask should be worn first before the visor. Nigerian politicians know how to mess up...reminds me of former Ekiti state governor wearing a neck collar and strip of bandage tied to his arm.

If he meets a COVID-19 patient with that shield, he is totally getting infected.

It was Ikpeazu first seen to be wearing a face shield which I thought was an April fool's day joke. Now this one is wearing face shield too. Are they aware that face shield cannot filter or protect them against inhalation of the virus? Nigerian governors are nothing but jokes. With exception of few, I see most of them as bunch of incompetent idiot.s

Even for ordinary cassava plant na white man dey manage am? Cassava plant fa... Ahhh!

Rubbish.