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We wish you all the best as you lead us to progressive and sustainable development. As final year students graduating this year, we would like to bring to your notice our present financial situation as a result of non-payment from December 1 year and 5 months to date. However, with our current financial position, there is no option left for us to ponder other than cry out for help for survival. We cannot bear it any longer because it is beyond us.

We would not make a mountain out of our present situations but rather will declare it as fair as it is. Most importantly, we are financially broke to the point that even food can no longer be found on our table, this is alarming but it is what we face day after day. Sadly, we cannot remember the last time any of us visited the market to buy food. It is embarrassing for us to inform you that, we now rely on our foreign friends for even food. It is believed that, food is one of the fundamentals of existence, so how do we survive in strange land without food and roof to cover our heads?

Transportation to school is now a forgotten story because we have not been able to pay for bus fares; we cannot even go to school because of non-payment of tuition fees.

Everyday our problems are compounding and the challenges are overwhelming. More so, we have arranged with the landlords to give us sometime to crack a means to pay them their rents but all our efforts were declined, as we owe more than 12 months rent.

The landlords have told us that they will use legal actions against us in a bit to get back their money. As a matter of fact, some students have been served with court notice and are expected to appear in court in the following weeks. Most of the students have been evacuated from their apartments because of the non-payment of rents; now more than five students are living in one room just to stay under a roof, some are living on the street, while others look for means of survival.

The situation is unbelievable and unbearable; not getting better and if things are not put right, we will soon find ourselves all in the street. It is shameful and mind bugging to inform you that most of the students have been forced to engage in illegal activities just to make ends meet as a result of Government inability to release funds for them. We really do not know what else to do to help our situations. As a reaction to that, most universities have stopped the RSSDA scholars from attending classes and sitting for exams.

In our Institution, the final year medical students have been stopped from attending clinical rotations, meaning they will not be allowed to write their final examination and may not be able to graduate this year. This trend have continued for so long that we are scared of been evicted from the School.

The situation we find ourselves is very critical as our future and education is in jeopardy. As students, it is difficult for us to concentrate and study in harsh financial conditions, we do hope for a positive change as we face so many uncertainties. Our condition is now so pitiful that we are becoming hopeless in a foreign land.

Key issues that generated during the cause of the presentations concerned areas such as: opportunities and challenges in agribusiness; values of cooperative; advantages; funding constraints and issue of risks; regulatory issues; benefits of research and information; and way forward, among others. Senior Registrar of Cooperative at the Rivers State Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Mr Charles Nwabuike, suggested the pooling of resources together through formation of cooperatives as the best alternative way to limit the risks inherent in agribusiness.

He said the Ministry would support the women, particularly in terms of offering useful advice and mentorship. He advised the beneficiaries to be aware of inherent risks in agribusiness, urging the women to show seriousness in what they have chosen to do.

B Captain Briggs, advised the beneficiaries to take advantage of the benefits that the Association offers to its members in areas such as meeting regulatory conditions by government, securing documentation for accessing bank loans, mentorship, and protection against challenges.

Felix Ibe, Branch Manager, First City Monument Bank Bori, highlighted the importance of the financial sector to agricultural development, particularly in the area of securing financing for expansion. Mr Kalagbor Aquila of Farmsby Limited highlighted that the women can benefit enormously from access to information, especially social media, which is very crucial to the marketing of agricultural products.

He advised the women to take research and knowledge more seriously. The event also included presentation of awards to two of the cooperative groups for their performance so far. Speaking on necessity for the award, Mr Francis Ajua pointed out that the awards became necessary to reward, motivate and recognise Cooperatives who distinguished themselves.

He said it was good to encourage those who have showed commitment in order to push them further. Feedback from the beneficiaries during the workshop provided a very reliable source for evaluating efficacy of the training programme so far. Apart from enabling them to gain practical knowledge in areas such as feed formulation, hatching, vaccination of birds, and other important modern farm practices, they added that the organizers have also remained supportive to them after the training.

For instance, some of the beneficiaries revealed that participation in the training has helped them to lower mortality rate of birds in their farms, among other testimonials.