Fisheries co-operative to hold awareness rally in Jigawa
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Dutse, Nov. 16, 2016 (NAN) The Fisheries Co-operative Federation of Nigeria (FCFN), said it would hold a one-day Fisheries Awareness Rally in Kaugama Local Government Area of Jigawa on Thursday.
Alhaji Isa Abubakar, FCFN State Chairman, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Dutse.
Abubakar said the exercise would take place at Dingare Fish Landing Site in Kaugama town, on Nov. 17.
According to him, the rally is aimed at promoting co-operative movement and investment among fishermen, experts in fish farming, processing, preserving, marketing and seafood dealers in the North-West zone.
The chairman said the rally would determine the numerical strength of the association.
Delegates from Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi, Katsina, kaduna, Kano and host Jigawa are expected to attend the rally.
Abubakar said that five national executive members of the federation from Abuja would also attend the rally.
He added that Director, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Field Officer, Federal Department of Fisheries in charge of Jigawa and other fisheries stakeholders would also attend.
Jigawa Commissioner for Agriculture, Alhaji Kabiru Ali, said as part of efforts to improve fish farming, the government recently stocked Warwade Dam in Dutse Local Government Area with 300,000 assorted fingerlings.
The commissioner, who spoke through the ministry’s spokesperson, Malam Wada’u Sulaiman, said the gesture was aimed at enhancing fish production in the state. (NAN)
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Edited by Udochukwu Ifionu/Obike Ukoh
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