₦airaland Forum

HON. EMMANUEL ISHABOR FLAGS OFF MAIZE PLANTING PROJECT IN OGOJA.


In line with one of his cardinal objectives of repositioning Agriculture and keying into the Green Money initiative of the Governor Ben Ayade led state government agricultural revolution in Cross River State,as well as to reposition the economy of the the people of Ogoja Local Governmemt Area, Hon. Emmanuel Ishabor, the Executive Chairman of Ogoja Local Government Council, flagged off the hybrid maize planting project today, 8th July 2020.

The flag-off which was attended by dignitaries as well as so many sons and daughters of Ogoja, had in attendance the Paramount Ruler of Ogoja, Ntol George Nsor Ibembem and his council of chiefs, the Vice Chairman of Council, Hon. Sarah Amu, the Leader of the Legislative Council, Hon. Cyril Abang and his councillors, former Chairman of Ogoja Chief Sylvanus Idam, Ogoja Chapter Chairman of the PDP, Mr. Paul Adinye, Dr Ikani Wogar, Special Advisers to the Governor, DGs of Boards, Board members, numerous appointees of State Government, the non-indigene community and representatives of United Nations.

Speaking at the flag-off ceremony which took place at the council secretariat, Hon. Emmanuel Ishabor said the maize farming project which is in collaboration with Siga farms limited and Tofamid Farms Limited, is an effort at diversifying economy of the people of Ogoja for growth and sustainability.
He stated that his administration will provide the enabling environment as well as funds, insecticides, pesticides and fertilizers needed for local farmers to strive.

Hon. Ishabor stressed the need for the farmers to take the opportunity created by council seriously, stating that committed farmers will continue to enjoy the patronage and support of his administration in bigger and better ways with regard to Agriculture.

On the part of Siga Farms, the Director Mr. Etuki Stephen in his presentation, intimated local farmers that Siga farms Limited, is an Agricultural establishment that aid farmers through government intervention into planting of hybrid maize for cultivation within 90 days.

Mr. Etuki assured farmers of the high productivity level of the hybrid maize and its resistance to pest. He thanked the Chairman for keying into the Federal Government and Cross River State Government Agricultural Agenda, and promised the Council boss of continuous synergy in other agricultural value chain for the people of Ogoja.

Speaking during the occasion, Mr. Woga Celestine, Assistant Manager Tofamid Farms Limited who are the potential buyers after harvest, encouraged farmers to take this gesture by council seriously assuring farmers of Tofamid's readiness to buy as much as 50 trailer loads of Maize every month.

On the part of farmers, Mr Iyaji David Agantem appreciated the Chairman of Council, Siga Farms and of course Tofamid Farms for coming to the aid of farmers at this period, he specifically on behalf of farmers, poured enconiums on Hon. Emmanuel Ishabor for starting in such a good light, assuring him that farmers will do their best not to betray the confidence reposed on them.

High point of the event was the presentation of the hybrid maize to 2000 farmers cut across the ten legislative council wards of Ogoja Local Government Area through their respective Councillors.

So what did Sule Lamido and his Northern PDP compromised for in the
2015 general elections. You have to tell what you compromised as campaign
co-ordinator in 2015.

The Cross River State Governor, Sen(Prof) Ben Ayade kSJI has christened the Cross River State 2020 Budget as
budget of "OLYMPOTIC MERRISTAMASIS". The budget is estimated at 1.1 Trillion Naira. The Ayade
administration has seen the Cross River State budget rise from some few hundred billion naira to about
a trillion naira in recent years. Cumulatively the Cross River State budget from 2016 to 2020 has amounted
to over 4 trillion Naira with little or nothing to show for it.
Just recently, the Cross River State has been adjudged to be the worst state in Nigeria in terms of Budget
Transparency Index, and the reason is not far-fetch, simply because of failure in budget implementation.
The state of the roads in the state are very deplorable, Calabar which use to be known as the cleanness city in
nigeria, and the envy of all states has lost all its beauty with bad road network, filthiness, insecurity etc.
In fact, the Canaan city as it was then known is now the garbage city.The road from Mfom-Okpoma-Okuku and
beyond are impassable,poor infrastructural development and complete failure in governance in the state. instead of
focusing on infrastructural development, the government is busy embarking on media campaign on AIT and Channels
Television to sell fake and non-existing projects, what my friend Rude Boy of PSquare would call " Audio projects".
Below is the total budget proposal from 2016 to 2020 and how it there are christened:
2016 350 Billion Naira Budget of DEEP VISION
2017 301 Billion Naira Budget of INFINITE TRANSPOSITION
2018 1.3 Trillion Naira Budget of KINETIC CRYSTALLIZATION
2019 1.043 Trillion Naira Budget of QABALISTIC DENSIFICATION
2020 1.1 Trillion Naira Budget of OLYMPOTIC MERRISTAMASIS
From 2016 till date we have witness a continuous growth in budget estimation with a corresponding decrease in the
living standard of the people of the state, poor infrastructural development with growth in crime rate.

Ayade should learn from a purposeful Governor Makinde rather than presenting unrealistic budget that has never been implemented up to 10% for the past successive years....Quabalistic, Crystallization and shokeyistic budget master.