A statement on Sunday said the N110m paid by Umahi was for 2015, 2016 and 2017.
The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has paid N110m as counterpart fund for the Fadama III Additional Financing project of the Federal Government.
According to the statement, the information was contained in the mid-term report presented by the Ebonyi State Fadama Office to the Federal Government/World Bank Mid-Term Review team, who visited Ebonyi last weekend.
The reported quoted Umahi as stating that “Ebonyi is ready and willing to play a leading role in rice and cassava value chain in the country.”
According to the report, during the 2016 rain-fed farming season, 1, 815 hectares of rice farms were cultivated, using recommended production technology as provided by advisory service consultants, and this resulted into total output of 9,075 metric tonnes by farmers.
Out of the N381m allocated to Ebonyi State Fadama III project, N253m, representing 66. 27 per cent, had been disbursed across the components, while the 97 business plans for dry season rice farming were all approved.
Presently, 13 local government areas of Ebonyi State are participating in the Fadama III AF.
Punch
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