(http://fmi.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Min.-Youth-Development-300x224.jpg) The Federal Government has trained about 634 youths in agriculture and gave N200, 000.00 as start up grants to each of them in the past two years.
The Minister of Youths Development, Inuwa Abdul-Kadir made this known while presenting the mid-term report of the Ministry today at the National Press Centre, Radio House, Abuja.
He noted that the project was sponsored by the Millennium Development Goals programme for youths.
Abdul-kadir also said that 279 youths from Zamfara State were also trained in agro-allied skills adding that they were also empowered with grants and materials at the end of the programme.
The Minister stressed that engaging youths in agriculture was another avenue of re-orienting them on the need for hard work, self-empowerment, self-reliance which would reduce poverty and crime in the society.
According to the Minister, "It is an established fact that youths as future leaders are the most valuable national assets and investment in their up-bringing, development and empowerment is therefore, very essential for the progress and development of our nation."
He pointed out that the present administration has trained youths in various skills of self-employment and empowered them in order to establish their own businesses, stressing that this would ensure youth participation in national development.
While assuring the youths of Government's continued support, he urged them to eschew violence and crime so as to achieve our socio-economic and political goals.
While he was giving the opening remarks, the Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku commended the efforts of the Ministry of Youth Development in training and empowering the youths. He also enjoined them to be law abiding.
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Youth empowerement should be very much encouraged in a country like Nigeria cause so many youth nowadays enagage in crimes and things that are bad.