The Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has advised the
Federal Government to think of establishing farms across the 36 states, using
members of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) as drivers of a youth
agricultural initiative, reports NaijaAgroNet.
A press statement
by his Chief Press Secretary, Comrade Enyinnaya Appolos, said this at
the weekend when Gov. Ikpeazu received the Director General of NYSC, Brig. Gen.
Sule Kazaure, on a one day working visit at
Government House, Umuahia.
Governor
Ikpeazu said the policy will make it mandatory for Corp members to be trained
by experts in various aspects of agriculture during their one year national
service, and every state will provide farm.
He said
that upon the completion of their service year, the Federal Government will
make Agric loans accessible to them to go into various aspect of farming.
Ikpeazu
said that the scheme will provide employment as it will encourage youth
involvement in agriculture and reduce the number of white collar job
seekers.
The
governor said, "I've thought about how to solve the problem of
unemployment in Nigeria and I think that the best way to solving this problem
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According to him, "NYSC is a vehicle that can drive government policies including agriculture and achieve good value chain in the industry".
He
promised that the erosion site at the orientation camp will be visited and the
female hostel looked into, promising that government will continue to assist
the NYSC in the state.
Ikpeazu
also pleaded with NYSC to consider awarding contracts for the production of
uniforms and boots to Aba tailors and shoe makers to support his
administrations drive for patronage of made in Aba goods and services.
He assured
that the state Government will guarantee high quality products as well as
provide industrial capacity machines and high quality inputs to a consortium of
tailors and shoe makers at Aba to meet the demands of NYSC in a timely manner.
The
governor stated that the state is also ready to supply uniforms and boots to
military men in the country at competitive prices.
Earlier,
the DG of the NYSC, brig Gen Suleiman Zakari Kazaure said that he was in the
state for a routine inspection of the camp facility for the batchA stream 2 of
the NYSC.
He thanked the Governor for the cordial relationship between the state and the
NYSC team in the state and appreciated his achievements in the state including
his benevolence to the NYSC and requested him to assist in the area of erosion
control in the camp, fix the dilapidated female hostel and provide borehole as
well as do something about the subvention payable to NYSC.
Uboshe Uboshe/GEE
Pix: Dr Okezie Ikpeazu
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