Authority Decries Productivity Decline In 1,300 Hectares Of Land

The Anambra-Imo River Basin Development Authority has decried what it termed a decline in productivity on over 1,300 hectares of land for farming in the South East,

The chairman of the authority, Emmanuel Anosike, stated this when he led the management team on a visit to Abia State governor, Alex Otti, at his Nvosi country home.

Anosike attributed the decline to weakened collaboration between the authority and the state governments and appealed to the Otti administration to support the efforts to stem it.

According to him, if allowed to continue, the development would negatively affect the federal government’s declaration of a state of emergency on food security.

He reaffirmed the authority’s readiness to work with the states and the South East Development Commission on agriculture and other areas of development.

The chairman, therefore, commended Oti “for the state’s improved infrastructure development and commitments to leave the state better than he met it”.

In his response, Otti said his administration was working to transition the state from subsistence to a value-chain agricultural system to improve the revenue base.

‎The governor also said the administration was making efforts to identify, reclaim, and revitalise long-abandoned farm settlements in the state.

‎He highlighted significant achievements of the administration across the power, health, education, infrastructure, security, transportation, and sanitation sectors, among others.