By John Nwokocha Abuja
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono has tasked Nigerian youths to lead the revolution in the agricultural sector.
The minister added that with Nigerian population put at about 200 million made of 60% youths who need to be empowered in the drive towards achieving food sufficiency and also to boost the nation’s economy.
The remark was made during a working visit to the participants of the Naija Farmer Reality TV Show, at the Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI), in Abuja, on Friday.
He said the participants are being trained in the various Agricultural value chains and would be offered an initial capital to start Agribusiness.
‘’ they will be role models to other young Nigerians as they will find it interesting to invest their time and energy in the agricultural sector’’. Nanono said.
The minister emphasized that the TV Reality Show for young intending Farmers is in line with Mr. President’s pledge to lift Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years by creating more jobs, achieve food security and enhance economy growth in Nigeria.
According to a statement from the public relations unit of the ministry, the Director, Federal Department of Agriculture, Mrs Karima Babangida, in her remark disclosed that the programme which has been running for about 3- months now is a youth empowerment project intended to transform unemployed Nigerian youths to become Agribusiness Investors.
Babangida stated that ‘’ the participants have been trained in various value chains and other sub- sectors in the Agric sector and this youths will lead the modernization of Nigerian Farmers’’.
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