Put Your Money In Rivers Dev, Fubara Tells Investors
• Says Rivers State Government has created an enabling environment for high – yield returns on investment
By PHC Telegraph
Serious indications that the Rivers State Government is determined to grow the agricultural sector through public private partnership investments are steadily emerging.
Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara who spoke through a top aide on Friday at the launch of a new scheme powered by the Federal Government, NDDC and IFAD said investors seeking to exploit opportunities in Nigeria should take advantage of the very attractive environment that his young administration is creating in Rivers State.
Governor Siminalayi Fubara canvasses new investments in Rivers. Top priority, he said, has been accorded to agricultural development, saying that the inauguration of the Board of the Rivers State Investment Promotion Agency has opened new windows of opportunity for businesses seeking partnerships and investments in the State.
Urging genuine investors in the agriculture value chain to take advantage of available opportunities, Fubara assured that the investment of their resources in the vast natural and economic potentials of the State would yield high returns.
According to him, the State Government has consciously created an environment that is capable of promoting what he referred to as value addition to investors’ portfolios.
He sued for stronger partnership and deliberate collaboration between the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and host states particularly in the planning and implementation of programmes and policies.
Fubara described such an approach to the growth of the Niger Delta region as the most effective way of promoting impactful development.
The Rivers Governor welcomed the official launch in the Niger Delta region, of the new scheme known as the FGN/NDDC/IFAD Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises.
Three states, namely Akwa Ibom, Imo and Rivers are being targeted by the LIFE-ND scheme which went on stream Friday in Port Harcourt.
The Rivers State Governor, was represented at the event by the Special Adviser on Civil Society Relations, Hon Prince Achor Nna.
Nna said, “Agriculture is a major area of concentration of the present administration in Rivers State. Just few days ago, the Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, inaugurated the Board of the Rivers State Investment Promotion Agency (RSIPA) to drive investment and economic development in the State, with focus on agriculture.
“It is important for the NDDC to partner with its host communities and states, especially in realization of the role State Governments play in the Land Use Act.”
Also speaking, the Managing Director of the NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, stressed that the initiative is aimed at breaking new grounds, cultivating opportunities for wealth creation and food security in the Niger Delta states through development in the agricultural sector.
He acknowledged the fact that President Bola Tinubu had earlier declared a national emergency in the agricultural sector.