Lagos disburses N1bn agric fund

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By OLASUNKANMI AKONI

LAGOS -As part of its continued effort towards ensuring food security and job creation, the Lagos State Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, weekend, flagged-off the Course IV Trainees of 100 Agricultural Youth-Based Empowerment Scheme AGRIC-YES.

The Commissioner for Agriculture and Cooperatives, Mr. Gbolahan Lawal, at the ceremony, said about N1 billion had been paid to participants of courses II and III of the programme, who graduated from the training previously.

Lawal said the conceptualisation of Agric-Yes was to create jobs, provide food security and eradicate poverty in the state, adding that the empowerment fund is to assist the participants in setting up their own farm according to their agricultural specialisations.

He said: "The programme, which started in October 2009, was initiated to make agriculture attractive and rewarding to the teeming youth population in the state. The programme has concluded two cycles of training, internship and created farm settlement with 100 youths each. The first batch graduated in December 2010, and had been settled in Araga Farm Settlement, fashioned after the Israeli-type Kibbutz."

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[Samo gideon]

only God knws what some people like abt agric.it aint working for me at all.i cannot even study it in the university.

[Davzy folamz]

The food sector is very essential.So Government thank you for your wise decision.Agriculture is a lovely thing to do ever in your life again.