PRESS RELEASE: FG /STATES TO COLLABORATE FOR ECONOMIC PROSPERITY. LOKPOBIRI

The Minister of state for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpbiri

Another opportunity to make positive impact in the living standard of Nigerians, especially the rural farmers is President Muhammadu Buhari's led administration's commitment and support to Agriculture which is the most veritable next alternative for economic prosperity.
To achieve this vision, the Federal Government is collaborating with interested states through the Rural Access and Mobility Project (RAMP-3), this according to Senator Heineken Lokpobiri is the most portent vehicle to actualize the speedy turnaround of our economy.

The Minister of state for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpbiri made this statement while declaring open a National Sensitization workshop on the selection of states to participate in the third rural access and mobility project in Abuja. 

Evident achievements of the implementation of these activities in Kaduna and Cross River states in RAMP-1 and five states in RAMP-2 are encouraging. The Minister said that the interest being shown by more states to participate in the RAMP project has necessitated the scaling up to the 

 Third phase. 

Speaking  further, Lokpobiri said that for Governments effort toward revamping the agriculture sector to impact positively on the about 70 percent of the 193 million Nigerians whose only means of livelihood is agriculture and who also reside in the rural areas , by these RAMP project, there shall be improved road accessibility to their farms and  markets, this will in turn increase farm produce, increase value price and this will in  the long run arrest post-harvest losses. The Minister said that this RAMP intervention will address and improve other Socio-Economic amenities such as access road to Primary Health Centers for mother and child, job opportunities for our teeming youths, enhance the LIFE incubation program of the Ministry.

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