Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodimma has assured of the State’s commitment to the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones Project of the Federal Government supported by the African Development Bank (AFDB) and the International Fund for African Development (IFAD).
Speaking at the Executive Council Chambers, Government House Owerri at the weekend, when the project team paid a working visit to him, Governor Uzodimma said government is interested in ensuring that everything needed to qualify Imo State for the programme is provided to enable her benefit in all areas of the programme.
He expressed gladness that the struggle of his government towards stimulating economic activities of the State, especially by creating an economy through Agro-based processes is yielding fruits, and hoped that this will go a long way in benefitting Imo people.
•FG rising stoutly to challenges of insecurity, says Lai Mohammed
Charles Ajunwa in Lagos and Amby Uneze in Owerri
Determined to ensure a harmonious relationship among ethnic nationalities wherever they reside in the country, Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State yesterday hosted a peace parley in Owerri, with the governors of Jigawa and Kebbi states, Mohammed Abubakar Badaru and Atiku Baguda, respectively, in attendance.
The parley was also aimed at easing tension between farmers and herders in the South-east, and to promote peace between Christians and Muslims in the region.
On the same day, amid escalating killings by Boko Haram, bandits, criminal herders and kidnappers in the country, the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed declared that the federal government, “is rising stoutly” to the numerous insecurity challenges and that government is alive to its responsibility.