The Need for the Federal and the State government, to give priority attention to the fisherfolk in their scheme of things has again been stressed.
Speaking on the sideline of the 2016 World Food Day Celebration in Port Harcourt on Monday, the chairman of Fishermen Association, Rivers State, Comrade Michael Wilfred, also decried the discrimination against fishermen as against the farming counterparts by various governments.
Wilfred, who reiterated the nutritious importance of fish to humans,said it is time for the governments to correct the imbalance and total neglect, and consider the fisher folk in their scheme of things.
He opined that the attention giving to agriculture, especially farming should also be giving to fishermen, as they equally boost the economy and contribute to the wellbeing of society at large.
The fishermen’s chairman emphasized that government should invest both in farming and fishing by providing soft loans and implements to improve on their God-giving occupations, pointing out that his association members which cut across all the fishing settlements within Port Harcourt, Okrika, Ogu/Bolo, Andoni, Kalabari axis to Bonny, and other riverine communities are not happy over the discrimination against them.
Wilfred also decried the pollution of the eco-system through the activities of oil bunkers and called on the government to instruct the military not to burn or destroy illegal oil vessels and dumps into the rivers, as it also affects their occupation.
“Federal and state governments should set-up a committee to look into the pollution caused by the Joint Taskforce (JTF) and operators of illegal oil business as all waters and creeks within Port Harcourt to Bonny have been affected and there are total hunger and hardship to the fisherfolk in Rivers State”, he posited.
He also called on the authorities to extend their invitations to the fishermen in subsequent celebrations that have to do with food production.
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Dr. Ifiesimama Sekibo, MD/CEO, Heritage Bank Ltd, for Nigerian Credit Industry Awards.
The Institute of Credit Administration has set the machinery in motion to organise the 2016 edition of the Nigerian Credit Industry Awards.
The award ceremony scheduled for Saturday, December 3rd, 2016, will be chaired by the President of the Institute and Chairman of Council, Dr. Adetunji Oyebanji and will be supported by other Council members, namely: Akinsola Akinfemiwa, Chairman Heritage Bank Ltd, Amaka Onwughalu, former DMD, Skye Bank Ltd, Andy Ojei, Executive Director, Zenith Bank Plc, Thomas Imokhai, MD/CEO, Standard Alliance, and Segun Ogunsanya, MD/CEO, Airtel Nigeria.
Among those to be awarded include Mrs. Abimbola Shukrat Umar, Accountant-General, Lagos State, Hon Kingsley Eze, Commissioner for Economic Planning & Development, Delta State, Hon. Stella Odua, Akin Akinfemiwa, Dr. Ifiesimama Sekibo, MD/CEO, Heritage Bank Ltd, Mrs Tomi Shomefu,FICA- MD/ CEO Unity Bank Plc, Kennedy Uzoka,FICA- GMD/CEO United Bank for Africa, Ahmadu Kida Musa,FICA, DMD Total E& P Nig Ltd, Aminu Haque Bhuiya, Managing Director, Asha Micro Finance Bank Ltd, Tijjani Mohammed Abdullahi, Director General, Budget Office, Sir Ndukwe Osogho-Ajala, Chairman/CEO Soulmate Industries Ltd.
Besides, other awards for grabs are in the following categories including Credit Risk Management Director of the Year, Credit Recovery Professional of The Year and Provider of Credit to SMEs of the Year.
Other award categories are: Corporate Credit Provider of the Year, Customer Credit Integrity of the Year, Credit Relationship Manager of the Year, to mention just a few.
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