Umuahia, Abia State – The Hope Aglow Charity Foundation has initiated a strategic partnership with the Abia State Diaspora Commission to advance human capacity development, investment promotion, and cultural exchange between Abians at home and abroad. The collaboration was formalized during a working visit by the Foundation’s founder, Prof. Cynthia Amaka Obiorah, and her team to the Commission’s office in Government House, Umuahia. The visit aimed to gain firsthand insight into the Commission’s mandate and to explore areas of joint intervention for the benefit of citizens and the diaspora community. Speaking during the visit, Prof. Obiorah commended the Abia State Government for its strides in infrastructural renewal and economic transformation and rebirth of dignity and hope for persons living in Abia State, noting that the state is fast becoming a model for good governance in the Southeast. “The transformation across Abia, particularly in Aba, is visible and impactful. The leve...
Taking up opportunities in the conversion of wastes to wealth has been identified as an avenue for youths to harness their potential to escape joblessness and poverty. This was the submission at the FGN/IFAD/NDDC/LIFE-ND project workshop during an inspection of a Black Soldier Fly farm in Afam, Oyigbo local government area of Rivers state following the train the trainer workshop in Port Harcourt. The surge in the cost of livestock feeds and other essentials have continued to drive the search for alternatives where discarded materials like plastics, agricultural byproducts, and organic refuse are transformed into valuable raw materials, energy, or consumer goods. To this end, the farming of the Black Soldier Fly, BSF, as a good alternative for protein in Livestock feeds informed the train the trainer workshop where beneficiaries were exposed to the value and benefits of the Black Soldier fly farming which is primarily used as an eco-friendly ingredient in commercial animal f...