Kano Governor Empowers 784 Youths

The Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has
restated the commitment of his administration to
using the farmers and agriculture agents as tools of
promoting food security as well as employment
creation.

He made the assurances at the empowerment and
inauguration of the Young Farmers Club, bee
keepers and agriculture extension agents at the
Kano State Government House, Kano on Thursday.

The government has taken steps to get young
farmers involved in the future of farming  through its
inauguration of Young Famers Club in secondary
schools in the state and the graduation ceremony
for 300 youths who have been trained by the state
in the business of Bee Keeping.
The innovation was initiated to create employment
and to also develop the agricultural sector in the
state, with a honey processing plant being installed
to compliment the training.

The Managing Director of the Kano State
Agricultural and Rural Development Authority
(KNARDA), Suleiman Sani, spoke about the state’s
achievements in boosting the capacity of farmers.
While admitting that the provision of fertilizers is
good for farmers, he revealed that the provision of
improved seeds, technology, teaching farmers how
to use local manure, are other forms of support that
the state has identified, and this has helped double
the productivity of farmers in the state.

Some principals of the schools gave reports of the
progresses they have made. One of the principals,
Kabiru Sani, said that the assistance from the
Government had made verifiable impacts on the
schools, citing his school as having a garden that
boasts of about 9 crops.
He charged fellow principals to embrace the young
farmers programme, as it is a way to build a new
generation of committed farmers. He explained that
having started from school, it would be easier for
the young ones to continue in agriculture.

The Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, in his
speech, highlighted the role of agriculture in the
development of Nigeria, noting that agriculture had
been Nigeria’s mainstay in the 1960s before oil was
discovered.

Therefore his administration was committed to
programmes that would develop the agricultural
sector in the state, as well as create employment
and promote food security, with empowering the
youths in the process, as a priority.

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