The speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, Right Hon. Chinedum Orji has advised Abians on the need to embrace agriculture by returning to the farm, Rt. Hon. Orji who spoke through, Hon. Jerry Uzosike member representing Umuahia South State constituency in the Abia State House of Assembly, said no society can attain food sufficiency and economic sustainability without agriculture.
The speaker who was represented by Hon. Uzosike, made the speech during the 2020 annual harvest and thanksgiving of the Catholic Diocese Of Umuahia, St. Finbarr’s Parish, titled: Give Thanks In All Circumstances For This Is Gods Will For You In Christ Jesus (1st.Thess 5;18) he said, the only way to survive the current economic hardship that Nigerans are facing is to face reality and return to the farm.
Barr. Uzosike’ who read from, Genesis 8:22 ‘’While the earth remaineth, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease’’ said, ‘’God has endowed the state with abundance of fertile land, agile and enterprising human capital that is capable of mass producing the states food requirements.”
He urged Abians to continue to live in peace, tolerate one another and continue to pray and put the nation and its leaders in prayer, stressing that there is no condition that is too hard for a prayerful and hardworking Christian to conquer
