The federal government has signed a ten-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) of 40-hectare farmland with the University of Ilorin in Kwara State, for the Social Intervention Programmes (SIP) N-Power Agro beneficiaries


This was disclosed in a statement signed by the programme communications manager, Justice Bibiye, in Abuja.

The senior special assistant to the president on job creation, Afolabi Imoukhuede, said the 40-hectare N-Power agro farm is expected to grow and produce crops such as soybeans, maize, millet, melon and others.

“Today, I am happy to hear that N-Power Kwara and the University of Ilorin have signed an MOU for a ten-year lease on 40 hectares of land for large scale farming.


According to the statement, Mr Imoukhuede, who was represented at the event by the special assistant to the president on job creation, Mohammed Brimah, said the development would strengthen the programme’s goal in providing employment to small business owners, artisans and entrepreneurs, leveraging on the various N-SIP platforms to earn a decent living and build capacity for self-sufficiency.

“When the administration of President Muhammad Buhari came on board in 2015, unemployment was at an all-time high, a recession had hit our economy. Many graduates were roaming the streets with no job nor any means of survival.”

The N-Power scheme was introduced with the aim of reducing unemployment among Nigerian graduates and non-graduates between the ages of 18 and 35.

Volunteers are paid N30, 000 monthly as stipend and given tablet computers to aid further learning.

Source : Premium Times

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