Edo govt. set to empower 50,000 farmers
Edo State Agric Business Ad-hoc
Committee says plans are underway to empower about 50,000 farmers in
the state.
Mr Osaro Idah, the chairman of the
committee, said this on Tuesday when members of the committee visited
Mr Justin Okonoboh, the Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, in
Benin.
He said that the visit was to enable
the committee to interact with the members of the House, a part of
efforts to identify genuine farmers in their various constituencies
who could drive the process.
Idah said that the farmers would be
selected from the three senatorial districts of the state.
He said that the farmers would be
trained in modern agricultural skills, adding that they would also be
given farm inputs and implements to cultivate large hectares of land.
He, however, solicited the support of
the House in efforts to acquire lands from the communities in the
lawmakers’ constituencies for the scheme.
Responding, the speaker said that the
House was ready to collaborate with the committee in efforts to take
the youths off the street and empower them.
Okonoboh said: “It is unfortunate
that the youths are no longer interested in agriculture but I think
at this time we should all go into farming.
“There is a youth summit on
agriculture coming up in March this year, the House will provide the
legislation that would boost employment and food sufficiency in the
state.’’
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