Votia Fish Farm, Kokori, in Urhoboland
Nigeria's Niger Delta is a region where fishes were once abundant. With the oil pollution that has done a good amount of injuries to the region's environment, fishes have become scarcer. Fish farming is now one way of redeeming the fish population that is natural to the region. However, fish farming is a tough business. Many businessmen in the Niger Delta and elsewhere in Nigeria have attempted it, with limited success.
The Fisheries Society of Nigeria is an influential association of professionals who seek to promote good practices and results in fish farming. It selected for its 2001 Corporate Award of Excellence a major fish farmer in the Niger Delta. Victoria Oti Akpobome, who began fish farming as a hobby in her native hometown of Kokori in the Urhobo heartland more than ten years ago, has expanded her operations into a major enterprise, employing many people from her beloved hometown in a business that has enriched Kokori and the Niger Delta. We salute Mrs. Victoria Oti Akpobome for receiving this high award from the Fisheries Society of Nigeria. The plaque and certificate of the award as well as the associated letters of recognition are as follows:
| Letter
of Award from Fisheries Society of Nigeria to Victoria Oti Akpobome, Managing Director, Votia Fish Farm, Kokori, Delta State of Nigeria |
| A
Plaque of the 2001 Corporate Award of Excellence Conferred on Mrs. Victoria Oti Akpobome by the Fisheries Society of Nigeria (FISON) |
| A Letter Forwarding Certificate of
Award of the 2001
Corporate Award of Excellence to Mrs. Victoria Oti Akpobome |
| A
Certificate of Merit of the 2001 Corporate Award of Excellence
Conferred on Mrs. Victoria Oti Akpobome by the Fisheries Society of Nigeria (FISON) |
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