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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nUchenna Roland Onyeizu,Ph.D., CEnv, Abia State Project Coordinator<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He explained the apathy developed by earlier beneficiaries over the years, prompting the introduction of fishery enterprise which the Commissioner and other stakeholders \u201cgraciously\u201d adopted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLooking at our experience in the past few years, we\u2019ve discovered that we\u2019re having little apathy with regard to beneficiaries that are opting for oil palm agribusiness<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo we\u2019ve thought out ways and made more enquiries from our potential beneficiaries and they seem to have alternative to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo we\u2019ve also engaged the Ministry of Agriculture through the Commissioner of Agriculture who graciously permitted that we change one of our agro commodity which is oil palm to fishery enterprise including its value chains\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commenting on the exercise, the State Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Azubuike Ogbonna said a good number of fishery farmers from the three senatorial zones of the state indicated interest, surpassing what was expected, labelling the process as \u201ca huge success\u201d and an indication of the Project successes over the years. Azubuike noted the challenge of water sources to some fishery facilities, adding that those who fall under this category may risk rejection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Applauding the validation visit, the State Rural Institution, Gender and Youth Officer, Anthony Nwaobilor confirmed the on-the-spot assessment was to ensure that the Project potential beneficiaries would receive quality training to enhance their performance when empowered.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Commissioner Confirms Introduction of Fishery in Abia LIFE-ND, as Beneficiaries Complain of Oil Processing Enterprise, Project Selects Trainers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AT-THE-FISH-POND3-1024x558.jpg\")
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