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By Modupe Shodeinde
National Youth Corps members who venture into agriculture after their national mandatory service would be empowered with the sum of N2 million.
The was made known by the Executive Director, Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute, Dr. Patricia Pessu, during a workshop in Kwara state.
The workshop was on value addition of agricultural commodities for 40 corps members selected from the 16 local government areas of the state.
According to Pessu, two corps members, had begun to benefit from the programme. These corps members who completed their service in Oyo and Abia states respectively, were selected from the last batch of trainees at NSPRI.
Speaking on the increasing rate of unemployment in the country, he added that a similar opportunity awaited any trainee of the current batch who submitted a promising proposal at the end of the service year.
The Kwara state Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muritala Olanrewaju, declared the workshop opened and reiterated on the government’s promise to consolidate commercial agriculture through the provision of adequate machinery to assist genuine farmers in advancing their productivity, profitability and competitiveness.
