EX-MILITANTS NOW PROUD RICE FARMERS

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Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Beneficiaries Produced 1500 bags of Rice on empowerment.Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Beneficiaries Shock The Nation! Produce and distribute 1500 bags of Rice.

The success stories of the Presidential Amnesty Programme Beneficiaries just keep coming. The latest one is the production of 1500 bags of Rice by 100 Amnesty Beneficiaries. The beneficiaries during their training and mentorship phases, nurtured, milled and packed 1500 bags of high quality rice grains. This process took place in a farm in Ogoja, Cross Rivers State.

The next phase of their reintegration, would be their full empowerment. This would entail allocation of land, and necessary rice farming Implements, to the trained Ex Agitators. Over 50 actual Ex Militants are part of this group.

Agencies like the Bank of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and the Anchor Borrowers Programme have already keyed into this success story by partnering to support these new farmers moving forward.

When full scale production starts, the rice produced would be sold in the market cheaper than the normal rice currently, to ease the plight of the common man. By this, the successes of the Amnesty Programme not only improves the lives of the beneficiaries, but also eases the lives of the general public.







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