It also called on the ministry to find out the remote and immediate causes of the present decadency of centre.
To this extent, it mandated the Committee on Agricultural Colleges and Institutions to ensure that the ARAC enjoys considerable allocation in the 2024 Budget estimates.
The resolutions were arrived at following the adoption of a motion titled, ‘Call to activate the African Regional Aquaculture Centre in Omuihuechi Aluu, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, sponsored by the lawmaker representing Emoba/Ikwere Federal Constituency, Rivers State, Boniface Emerengwa.
The House noted that on May 29, 2023, President Bola Tinubu declared an emergency in the agricultural sector and food sufficiency in Nigeria.
The House expressed worry that majority of the people in Rivers State and the South-South are predominately farmers and fishermen, eager to support the current Nigerian administration in ensuring food sufficiency, if the centre has the full operational capacity.
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