As part of its plans to ensure food sufficiency in the South-East, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture has concluded plans to site two rice plants, one cassava processing plant and one palm oil plant in Nzerem community, Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State.

The Transition Committee Chairman of Ehime Mbano LGA, Chike Ojiako, disclosed this on Saturday while addressing journalists on the activities to mark his first anniversary in office.

Ojiako said Governor Rochas Okorocha and the senator representing Imo-North, Benjamin Uwajumogu, were working in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture to realise the project.

The council boss said the choice of Nzerem community for the project was because of its rich soil, landmass and exploits in agricultural production over the years.

The All Progressives Congress chieftain asserted that the proposed plants would make Imo State the model in agricultural revolution in the zone.

Ojiako said the current exchange rate of naira to the dollar was a blessing in disguise because it would encourage local industries and spur small and medium scale enterprise owners to work harder.

http://punchng.com/fg-launch-rice-cassava-industries-imo/

Good move by the FG

Government of the mouth,by the mouth and for the mouth....

TALK na free.

OKWU BU FREE...

That's indeed a real welcome development.

Future tense.

Anything concerning this useless government that has the word "to", forget it.

Only Yoruba Muslims take them seriously.

Biafrans wont like this one bit

So the man is still breathing

onnenka:
Anything concerning this useless government that has the word "to", forget it.

Only Yoruba Muslims take them seriously.

bigot

Wuuworld:
I hope Osibanjo tell BUHARI before this move...

I don't want to hear dt someone receive a slap over this act....

We hope so.

Fake promise. Wake me up when the industries become operational.

Bloody liars! All these Imo State politicians are bloody liars and it pains me to realise that those idiots take Ndi Imo as fools. From Okorocha to the least of them are pathological liars!

I pray it helps the poor masses rather than exploit them of their labour.... Capitalism in Nigeria

Another Okorocha propaganda

Until we see am.

Nonsense...

This govt is trying hard

Yeah, my boys are working.

Yeah, they always claim to be working when we all know it's their pockets first.

Everything about this government is updated lies

Our Resources

Rice processing is good.

Garri or what?
Anything short of cassava to ethanol doesn't worth FG might but for empowerment program

Why not in ebonyi? Imo get rice ?

why do you like lying FG

See the exact people who couldn't look GEJ in the eye and speak harsh words to his clueless brain after failing to deliver second Niger Bridge in 4 years now foaming in the mouth at PMB led govt that has 2 years more to deliver this project in Imo. I for one thinks it will come to fruition before April. Bunch of pessimists.