Presidential amnesty, NDRBDA partner on food security

The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) and the Niger Delta River Basin Development Authority (NDRBDA) have agreed to partner on food security aimed at boosting massive agricultural activities to tackle the food crisis in the region.

The two agencies reached the understanding when the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of NDRBDA, Prince Ebitimi Amgbare, visited PAP’s Administrator, Dr Dennis Otuaro, in his office in Abuja.

Otuaro assured Amgbare of PAP’s readiness to support the project, titled: “Food Security is the Real Security”.

Otuaro’s comments were contained in a press release signed by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr Igoniko Oduma, on Tuesday.

He said, “This food project is laudable and will complement our mandate to foster sustainable security, stability and peace of the Niger Delta while bridging the human capital development gap and empowerment in the region.

“As a programme, we have several vocational programmes, including agricultural interventions and entrepreneurship. And we have done a lot, from our records. We will collaborate with NDRBDA as the pioneer interventionist agency for the development of the Niger Delta. We won’t work at cross-purposes.”

Earlier, the MD/CEO of NDRBDA said his leadership established a structure at the agency to drive the food security project to achieve set goals, adding that a partnership with PAP was imperative to push the initiative through for the benefit of the Niger Delta people.