The Osun state Youth Empowerment Scheme (OYES)
has drafted over 600 of its members into the Osun Rural Enterprise and
Agricultural Programme (O-REAP) as disengagement programme for members of the
cadets.
Mr. Wale Adedoyin, the state Commissioner for
Agriculture and Food Security said the drafting of OYES cadets is in a bid to
boost government’s intervention in the agricultural sector.
NaijaAgroNet learnt
that Osun State government would provide soft loan as well as allocate land for
beneficiaries of O-REAP Youth Academy.
The commissioner also said that the fear by
members of the OYES cadets on the proposed disengagement programme led to the
land allocation and soft loans.
Adedoyin further revealed that a sum of
N476.35 million has been disbursed to 3,535 farmers under the Government
Guaranteed Agricultural Loan scheme, while N45,662,965.00 was disbursed as
O-REAP loan to 268 farm families across the state.
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