Taraba state Governor, Arc. Darius Dickson
Ishaku says his administration will intensify
efforts in the construction of more rural roads
across the state.
Governor Darius Ishaku stated this today
while speaking to newsmen at the Jalingo
Airport on the outcome of an interactive
seminar between Northern Governors and
PROFUTURO Group shortly on arrival from
Abuja.
The interactive seminar was aimed at
revitalizing education and farming at the rural
areas.
He said Taraba state is a fertile ground for
Agricultural activities hence the need to
construct more access roads so that more
people in the state can go into full flesh
Commercial Agriculture with a view to
bettering their livelihood.
Darius Ishaku pointed out that, rural areas in
the northern part of the country are fertile
ground for Agricultural activities and equally
blessed with a large chunk of mineral
deposits and stressed that there is the urgent
need to embark on the construction of
access roads to facilitate the movement of
such Agricultural produce to urban centers.
The Governor revealed that his administration
has already started dry season rice farming in
Karim Lamido, adding that efforts are being
made to enlarge the numbers by involving
more farmers at the rural areas across the
state in order to boost rice farming in the
State.
Darius Ishaku mentioned that he has already
informed the Vice President, Prof. Yemi
Osinbajo of the capability of Taraba state to
produce the rice requirement of the country if
the enabling working tools and capital are
available for farmers in the state and
revealed that the Vice President has assured
him of Federal support where necessary.
As part of the matching order by the Federal
Government to encourage rice farming in the
north, the Governor said, he in company of
the Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Audu Ogbe
and TY Danjuma Foundation who are
partners in the rice farm initiative in Gassol
local Government area Dominion Farms,
visited the American Embassy to help prevail
on the American farmer, Calvin Burgess to
resolve their impasse for the project to
commence in earnest.
The Taraba state Governor believes that if
the issue is resolved and the Dominion Farm
commences farming, it will significantly
reduce rice importation into the country and
further boost the capacity of local farmers in
the state through modern rice cultivation.
Accordingly, Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku
used the opportunity to appeal to people of
the state to imbibe the attitude of living in
peace with one another, positing that no
human being has the right to take another
man’s life, saying there are better ways of
resolving issues to promote lasting peace
togetherness.

Culled from Taraba government