The State government, disclosed it paid
the sum of N500m as well as the Bank of Agriculture (BOA), to limit the
difficulties being encountered by farmers in accessing loans from financial
institutions within its territory.
Governor RamallanYero-led administration affirmed to NaijaAgroNet that Kaduna State profitably trained 7,650 youths and women under its SURE-P Skill Acquisition and Empowerment Programme.
Also NaijaAgroNetgathered
that the government provided Starter Packs and take-off grants worth millions
of Naira for the grandaunts from the training. For instance, NaijaAgroNet
leant that those trained in poultry were given 100 two-week old chicks, N30,000
for housing, N10, 000 for treatment, N5000 for transport, 8 bags of feeds and
N10,000 take-off grants which is sufficient for starters in poultry to commence
successfully.
Micah Mailafiya who benefitted from the above scheme
said "Before I got into this whole thing, I was very worried about getting
into the university. I thought that was the only way to make it, until I heard
about the government's training programme for young, determined people and I
was listed as one of the nine young people from my ward. We were trained, but
in my case, I threw myself into it. Today, thanks to the government, I am one
of the success stories."
Chidozie Anibueze/GEE
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