PIND plans to partner Cross River in boosting agriculture

Dara Akala,  Program Director of the Foundation for Partnerships initiative in the Niger Delta (PIND) has revealed plans to partner with the Cross River State government to boost its agricultural sector.

Akala disclosed this during a meeting with the representatives of the group and the state government in Calabar on Tuesday.

He said the Foundation would not relent in its aggressive grassroots campaign for peace in the Niger Delta region, in order for the region to be adequately developed with focus on agriculture.

Akala assured of the government of PIND’s adequate support in areas of cocoa, cassava and aquaculture interventions through a viable seedling production that is viable.

In his words, the Chief Economic Adviser to the state government, Francis Ntamu, said the main thrust was to make the agricultural sector robust by increasing its output significantly which would in extension, boost the signature projects of the Governor Ben Ayade led administration.

PIND is a nonprofit foundation established to support a portfolio of socio-economic development programs for the Niger Delta in order to improve standards of living of communities in the region.

Farmers in the state anxiously look forward to the realisation of these promises which will in turn boost their agricultural output.

The foundation has met with the Cross River State Planning Commission to identify key areas in the agricultural sector where PIND can support the state by increasing productivity and improving the lives of farmers.