Ebonyi State Government led by Governor David Umahi has keyed into encouraging agricultural activities in the state.
The governor has declared every friday, a-half day work for civil servants to enable them go to their respective farms at the end of the day's work.
According to the Governor, this is to boost food production across the state. This agricultural policy is not restricted to just low level civil servants as the Governor David Umahi has enjoined both his officials,national and state assembly members to participate in different Agricultural activities.
While Launching the one man, one hectare policy in the state stadium this week, the minister of Agriculture,Chief Audu Ogbeh assured that more federal government programmes and policies in agriculture would be implemented in the state.
The policy has been backed up with commissioning of agricultural machinery and equipment while adding that more agricultural seedlings, machinery and cottage industries would be assigned to the state to boost the present administration’s impact in the area of agriculture.
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