Anambra State Ministry of Agriculture has inspected a fish village at Adazi-Nnukwu, Anaocha Council Area.
The fish village is one of the state government’s one point five billion naira Accelerated Agricultural Development Scheme’s project sites.
Correspondent Joseph Egbeocha reports other projects include another fish village at Aguleri, Anambra East Council Area, and Rice farms at Ndikelionwu and Ogbakuba, Orumba North and Ogbaru Council Areas respectively.
At Adazi-Nnukwu project site, construction of three hundred fish ponds, industrial borehole, fence, farm house, fifty-bed capacity hostel are ongoing, with seventy-five KVA power generator and twenty-five electric poles that are to be connected in due course.
The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Nnamdi Onukwuba commended the pace of work at the site, noting that the Willie Obiano administration is determined to finish strong and encourage increased participation of Ndi-Anambra, especially youths in agriculture.
The Director-General, Project Management and Monitoring Office, Government House Awka, Mr. Obumneme Akunyili added that the visit will be regular to enable Government get values for fund being spent.
The contractor handling the project, Engineer Edmund Chukwuemeka said the unscheduled inspection visit showed how serious the project is to the state government and promised to increase the speed of work in order to deliver on time.
The Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Stephanie Keri-Uzor, the Public Relations Officer and Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Agriculture, Honourable Mike Afah, as well as other staff of the Ministry joined in the inspection visit.
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