Hon Linus Abba Okorie, House of representative member representing Ohaozara, Onicha, and Ivo federal constituency of Ebonyi state, has trained no fewer than five thousand women and youths of his constituency in Agriculture Value Chain. The 5-day training organised by Okorie in collaboration with Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike and National Root Crops Research Institute also in Umudike includes piggery, poultry and cassava productions. Okorie who was represented by one of his aid Ernest Nwafor, said Agriculture is the basic thing the nation is looking into, following the dwindling oil revenue. Food is something that you cannot do without and the population of the country is multiplying on a daily basis. It will enable them to open up small entrepreneur businesses so that they can feed themselves and their people”, he said.

Source: Nigerian Tribune April 17, 2019 14:48 UTC