The Enugu State Liaison Officer of the South East Development Commission (SEDC) has acknowledged the directives and supports of critical stakeholders who made the South East Agro-Development Programme (SEADP) flag-off a reality.
Hon Edeani M. Edeani particularly thanked Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah, Commission’s MD/CEO, Chief Mark Okoye, the Deputy Governor Barr. Ifeanyi Ossai, the Secretary to State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia among others.
InfoWars reported that Enugu State Government, in collaboration with SEDC flagged off the biggest and first integrated agricultural project in South East since Dr Michael Okpara’s days between 1954 and 1964.
In a statement made available to the press after the ceremony, Edeani described governor Mbah as a committed leader without whom the presence of the commission in the state would have been impossible. Barr. Ifeanyi Ossai who represented the governor in the event had conveyed the state’s goodwill to the host community, adding that the project was in line with Mbah’s administration’s plan to establish 200-hecter farm estates in each of the 260 wards in the state.
“The flag-off was more than a ceremony. It marked a historic moment for Enugu State, the SEDC, and the entire South East,” Edeani said. “It was the first of its kind, only made possible through the political will of one of the finest statesmen alive today. His Excellency Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbah is the greatest of them all, a farmers’ friend. Thank you, sir.”
Edeani also thanked the chairman of the SEDC Board, Rt. Hon. Emeka Wogu, as well as members of the board; he thanked former lawmaker Sir Toby Okechukwu.
The Liaison Officer acknowledged the Director of Agriculture and Mineral Resources, the Executive Directors, Directors, management, and staff of the SEDC, saying that their contributions to the ceremony was indeed phenomenal.
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He also thanked host of others, including the traditional rulers and Nomeh community who provided land for the project.