Nsukwu National Union Women’s Wing donates agricultural inputs to community to boost food production

A Socio-Cultural  women’s group , Nsukwu National Union Women’s Wing, Nsukwu ,Abatete, in Idemili North Local Government  of Anambra state has donated  agricultural inputs to it’s members for planting this 2026 farming season to boost food production in the community.

Speaking while taking delivery  of the inputs on Wednesday 10Th June, 2026 at Oye-Ezigwe secretariat, Nsukwu,the National Chairperson,  Nsukwu National Union Women’s Wing, Dr Maureen Ikpeama said the gesture was to actualise the Union’s vision of taking members back to farm inorder to boost food production in the community

kpeama, who was represented by a member of Agriculture Committee of the Union, Onyinye Okpala, said ,” it  is our administration’s  agricultural project this year. We observed that agriculture is going down in our community. Many people  in the community no longer farm. They buy food items including vegetables that they can plant around their houses.

She recalled that in her inaugural speech on 30Th December ,2024 when she assumed office, she disclosed that her administration will focus more on agriculture. 

“Last year(2025), ndi Iyom Abatete donated palm seedlings to our community. It was shared to all families who declared interest n planting. Our Executives at Nsukwu National Union Women’s Wing agreed that we were going to plant some of the seedlings in the name of the union, which we did .

“During our 2025 December 30Th annual convention , we brought an Agricultural Expert who sensitized us on different aspects of agriculture. 

“This year, 2026, we  agreed to assist our women with agricultural inputs in order to boost food production in our community. We purchased quality varieties of cassava cuttings and bags of corn to distribute to them at ward level,” she said.

She therefore called on ward chairpersons to go to Oye-Ezigwe secretariat, collect their own and distribute to their members (both home and abroad).

 Ready to farm

According to her, the idea of planting cassava is for members to plant and on maturity,get multiplied cassava cuttings,, replant them next farming season and keep doing so,for sustainability . The same goes with corn.

She called on Nsukwu women who have not registered with the National body to do so, noting that Nsukwu National Union Women’s Wing is an umbrella body of all Nsukwu women’s meetings all over the world . .”All branches of Nsukwu welfare Association, ADO Nsukwu home branch, Age grades in Nsukwu are under the Nsukwu National Union.

Bags of Corn

The National Chairperson thanked members of the Executives, Iyom Osinigwe Ifeoma Gab -Okoye, Nnonye Onyeka , Uju Obi- Okoye,Eucharia Odimegwu, , Ifeyinwa Nwokolo, Azuka Njelita, Uju Emenike, Azuka Okoye, Uzoma Nwokolo, Florence Ezekwe and , Ifeoma Okeke.

She also thanked members of the Union’s Agriculture Committee, Margaret Etokwudo, Onyinye Okpala, Amuche Okoye and Mrs Anyachebelu for their support and for making the “back to farm” campaign a reality.

The National Chairperson thanked the men’s wing of the Union led by the National Chairman, Ezechinedu Nwokolo and his Executives, the Obi -in- Council Nsukwu, all sons and daughters of Nsukwu, members of Nsukwu National Union for their support and contributions to the development of the Nsukwu Community.

Thanking Nsukwu women who made the Community proud and won trophy during the 2025 ADO women conference, the National Chairperson, said the trophy they won was presented to the national union during the December convention and the Executives of the Nsukwu National Union Women’s Wing, promised to appreciate them for their efforts. The National Executive in turn presented the trophy to the men’s wing during their Easter convention.

Dr Ikpeama disclosed that the men’s wing were briefed on the successes the women’s wing had recorded so far, and the men expressed joy at the reports. In appreciation , some members donated money to the women’s’wing, hence, the show of appreciation to Nsukwu women.

Women who spoke in reaction to the donation of the agricultural inputs, Florence Ezekwe, Patricia Ikpeama, Ngozi Chianumba, Azuka Okoye, Ifeoma Okeke and many others thanked the National Union for the gesture. They promised to plant the cassava and corn to boost agricultural production.

Photo 1: Showing the presentation of the cup by the home branch leaders to the National Executive.

Photo 2: Showing Nsukwu National Union Women’s Wing being sensitised on Agriculture by an Agricultural Expert, during December 30Th ,2025 convention