The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) is to train some ex-militants in agricultural activities as part of the Federal Governments amnesty programme for renounced militants from the Niger-Delta region.
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The Director, Academic Planning FUNAAB, Dr Kayode Akinyemi said that the ex-militants will be trained in poultry science, crop improvement, livestock production, environmental management and other areas of agriculture.
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This he said will give them the opportunity to be useful to themselves and to the country as well as they will become employers of labour through agriculture.
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Dr Akinyemi added that they teach their students entrepreneurial skills and encourage them to practice what they are being taught in the classrooms.
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This arrangement was made by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture as part of the amnesty programme.