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\u201cTheir duty is to go back to the Local Government Areas to recreate what we did here, choosing their coordinators, secretaries and other executives for sensitisation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking on funding and vision, Mrs Nwachukwu said,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll start from somewhere. We\u2019ll make effort before we cry to LIFE-ND and His Excellency, Alex Otti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe next agenda is to see Her Excellency, the wife of the Governor, Mrs Priscilla Chidinma Otti. You know, when you want to get a man, you first of all, get the woman behind him,\u201d she hinted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Uchenna Rowland Onyeizu, Ph.D, CEnv, State Project Coordinator, Abia LIFE-ND<\/p>\n\n\n\n The State Rural Institution, Youth, Gender Officer, Anthony Nwaobilor, who represented the State LIFE-ND Coordinator, Uchenna Rowland Onyeizu, Ph.D, explained that Women in Agriculture is a network created to increase unbiased participation in agriculture, women having being major players in food production and processing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anthony NwaobilorState Rural Institute, Youth, Gender Officer, Abia LIFE-ND<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nwaobilor lauded Governor Otti for the prompt payment of the Project\u2019s counterpart fund, noting that the payment is a premium endorsement of the Governor\u2019s support for food sustainability, securing 800 hectares of land for rice production and processing, including its value chains, in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor the Governor to have funded the LIFE-ND Project is an indication and endorsement of the Project\u2019s objective of creating jobs, income and sustainable food security for his subjects,\u201d Nwaobilor said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Godwin Chukwuekezie, State Agribusiness Promotion Officer, Abia LIFE-ND<\/p>\n\n\n\n Godwin Chukwuekezie, the Abia LIFE-ND State Agribusiness Promotion Officer, explained that the organization is one of the Project\u2019s exit strategies, acting as a catalyst to harness and preserve the interconnectivity of commodities and their value chains at the end of the Project\u2019s lifespan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0Mrs Nkechinyere Onyekwere, CEO. Lodziancs Goods and Services, Osisioma Local Government Area<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n A participant, Mrs Nkechinyere Onyekwere, Lodziancs Goods and Services, Osisioma Local Government Area, a major entrepreneur in agro chain businesses, production and processing, said that the association would transit women from being housekeepers to major players in agribusinesses in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Women in Agriculture Network is a direct response to IFAD 2016 \u2013 2025 Strategic Framework, seeking equal opportunities in farming without gender bias. Its state inauguration was on November 21, 2023 at the state capital, Umuahia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Group picture of Women in Agriculture Network, Abia State<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Abia LIFE-ND Project has empowered more than 4,300 beneficiaries, establishing various infrastructure in selected 10 Local Government Areas across 100 communities of the state, with this success leading to possible additional funding for another three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dr Alex Chioma Otti Executive Governor of Abia State<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":955,"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-952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250511-WA0006.jpg\")
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