Give palliative funds to farmers to invest in food production – Archbishop Opoko tells FG, Governors
The Methodist Archbishop of Umuahia, and the Chairman, World Methodist Council (WMC) Social and International Affairs, Most Rev (Dr) Chibuzo Raphael Opoko, has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria and the various State Governments to focus on farmers in the grant of subsequent relief funds, saying that palliatives are not sustainable. Archbishop Opoko gave this charge in an interview with Famous Reporters, yesterday, at his office, in Umuahia, the state's capital, arguing that palliatives are transient, as Government at the various levels, should consequently, make sustainable offers to the citizenry, as the fight against the glaring adverse effects of COVID-19 pandemic…