We are Propagating Fishing Culture as Trade in Rivers - Hon Kuro
Hon. Briggs Kuro, the Special Adviser to Governor Rotimi Amaechi, on Aquaculture and Deep Sea Fishing, has said that Rivers State Government is propagating the benefits of fishing culture as a trade in the state. Hon. Kuro disclosed this recently in Port Harcourt during an interview with Niger Delta STANDARD Maritime World. Hon Kuro, who spoke shortly after a recent one day interactive forum for Micro Finance Banks and N o n - G o v e r n m e n t a l Organizations organized by Rivers State Micro Finance Agency at Transit Care Hotels Ltd, Port Harcourt, said that participation in Aquaculture, Deep Sea fishing, and Small Scale fishing farming across the state can help to reduce the high rate of unemployment among Rivers youths. He said that his unit is seriously projecting the huge economic benefits people could derive from participating in fish farming. "We are sensitizing our Rivers people to know what we are doing. Deep sea fishing and fish farming is it," Hon. Kuro stated. He also confirmed that already several youths are coming to take advantage of the opportunities offered by Rivers State government to acquire a skill and empower themselves economically in the area of fish farming. He told NDS Maritime World that the fish farming train had already taken-off and is active in Kula and Omoku Communities. "It is good news to see some local people utilizing spaces behind their compound to embark on sustainable fish farming using the available economic support provided by Rivers State government", adviser on Aquaculture and Deep Sea Fishing told journalists in Port Harcourt. However, investigation has revealed that Hon. Kuro and his team are doing a lot to reduce youth unemployment in Rivers State through the fish farming project of Rivers State Government. He therefore assured the youths to take advantage offered by the exercise to meaningfully empower themselves economically. Reacting to the issues of violence and militancy in Niger Delta Region, Hon Briggs Kuro (JP), assured that crisis and violence in the region will be ameliorated the moment idle youths start embracing fish farming and other deep sea fishing activities.

Enyinnaya Onyema.



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