Gov Eno rewards ‘home farmers’ with N500,000

Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom state has encouraged residents to make every home a garden in the state. This is in line with the governor’s drive toward food security and sufficiency, as encapsulated in The Arise Agenda. Speaking at this year’s Christmas Carols Festival over the weekend, Governor Umo Eno announced N500,000 reward to […]

Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom state has encouraged residents to make every home a garden in the state.

This is in line with the governor’s drive toward food security and sufficiency, as encapsulated in The Arise Agenda.

Speaking at this year’s Christmas Carols Festival over the weekend, Governor Umo Eno announced N500,000 reward to at least 50 residents who developed and maintained a viable Home Garden anywhere within the State.

The Governor hinted that the programme is modeled after Her Excellency’s, Distinguished Senator Oluremi Tinubu, The wife of the President’s pet project “Every Home A Garden Initiative”.

Intended participants in the scheme are expected to record and upload a two-minute video clip of their Home Farm showing visible landmarks. Such videos are to be uploaded at arisehomefarms.akwaibomstate.gov.ng.

The Governor stated that there is “no justification for Akwa Ibom State having been blessed with fertile land, favourable climatic conditions for farming and a very hardworking population to continue to depend on other States to feed them with fruits, tomatoes, pepper, waterleaves, pumpkin leaves and other spices.”

Recall that in his short-term approach to food sufficiency in The Arise Agenda, Pastor Umo Eno promised to increase the production of some identified agricultural products that include fruits, vegetables such as Tomatoes, Cucumber, Oranges, Mango, Pineapple, Spinach, Pepper, Okro and varieties of local spices.

These were promised along with provision of adequate Food Crops such as cassava, Rice, Maize, yam, plantain and banana and Cash Crops such as Cocoa, oil palm, Dates/ Raffia Palm, kola nut and coconut. He also listed Fisheries and Livestock. Most of which can be cultivated around homes.

The idea, according to him, is to encourage those who have land around their homes to start cultivating it and grow from mere consumption level to income generating level.