The Special Adviser
to the Kogi State Government on
Youth and Women Affairs, Mrs. Temitope Sinkaye has called on the 21 local
government chairmen across the State to key into its agricultural
transformation agenda, NaijaAgroNet reports.
Sinkaye made the call
during the commissioning of the Youth Advancement and Development for Kogi (YAD4KOGI)
cassava processing Centre, in Ihima, Okehi Local Government, stressing that
their coming on board the agric programme will assist in reducing unemployment
in the State.
She explained that the state government intended to use the agro- allied
enterprise, an arms of the YAD4KOGI to create employment opportunities for the
unemployed youths, reduce rural-urban migration, stem social vices and create
wealth to enhance socio- economic development in the State.
The Special Adviser
appealed to the chairmen to make available 250 hectares of land for cassava
production in their respective areas, and stressed that government has provided a ready- made
market for all the products and by-products of cassava in order to avoid the
challenges of post - harvest losses.
The Group
Coordinator of the Evabe Cooperative Society, Mr Moses Adedaji confirmed to NaijaAgroNet that the programme has helped to
take the youths off the street, and solicited for the State government
assistance in providing a vehicle for the group to aid in the transportation of
the cassava from farms to the production site.
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