The leadership of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Awka North Local Government Area has commended Governor Chukwuma Soludo for coming up with a well thought-out agricultural initiative targeted at ending hunger in the state, saying that it is a welcome development.
The Chairman of the party in the Local Government Area, Mr James Onwuka, and the secretary, Chief Amaechi Obiesili, at the flag off ceremony of the Sustainable Action against Hunger held at a farmland along the newly constructed Amansea-Ndiukwuenu Road, said that the initiative was timely as it came at a time when many Nigerians are battling with hunger.
The duo said that the agric initiative themed “Operation Farm to Feed”, if put into action and sustained, would help to maximally reduce hunger and ensure food security in the state and the country at large.
Also speaking, the Transition Committee Chairman of the Local Government Area, Mr ThankGod Anago, a former State Auditor of the party, Chief Anthony Nchekwube, Chief Lawrence Onwuzuka and the Vice Chairman of the party, Mr Emeka Iliemene, in their separate remarks, commended Governor Soludo, saying that they were confident that the government’s target of ensuring food security in the state would be achieved if everyone queued into the initiative.
The party leaders pledged their total support for the Governor’s agricultural campaign, saying that they would take it to the grassroots for maximum results.
Being farmers themselves, the APGA leaders said that they agreed completely with the Governor’s ideas on farming, and that they would give the campaign a strong push.
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