The Lagos State Government on
Sunday said it had spent N1billion to
support no fewer than 400 graduate
farmers to set up their own farms.
Mr Gbolahan Lawal, Commissioner for
Agriculture and Co-operatives, told the
News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Lagos
that the beneficiaries were those trained
under the state’s Agricultural Youths
Empowerment Scheme(AGRIC-YES).
“The support is to give them a
headstart in their farming businesses.
“We are currently operating a modern
farm settlement scheme in Araga, Epe
area of Lagos, where graduates are
trained in different areas of agriculture
under our AGRIC-YES programme.
“No fewer than 400 graduates, divided
into four groups, are being exposed to
practical and sustainable ways of
practising aquaculture, poultry and crop
cultivation, among others, using
modern, fully automated equipment,” he
said.
The commissioner said that the
essence of the programme was to
create a generation of modern farmers,
while creating job opportunities and
promoting food security.
“In the last one year, the state
government has spent more than
N1billion in form of inputs, tractors,
cash and other essentials, to enable the
graduates set up their own farms,” he
said.
Lawal said that the programme was
fully residential, adding that the
government only recently inaugurated
200 units of two-bedroom apartments
at the programme site, to improve the
living standards of participants.
He said that the state government was
committed to the food security of the
state, saying that AGRIC YES was one
of the efforts of government to
demonstrate that.
Lawal noted that Lagos was a top
producer of poultry and that the
government was assisting farmers to
boost poultry production.
“Maize is one of the major ingredients
used in poultry feed mill and in order to
ensure that farmers have all year supply
of this ingredient for their animals, the
government sells directly to them at
subsidised prices.
“We have a poultry estate in Erikorodo
in Ikorodu and the government is
upgrading facilities and even providing
more to boost production,” “he said.
Lawal said that government was also
assisting fishermen in coastal
communities of Ojo, Badagry and other
parts, with boats and other inputs
needed in their fishing business.
The Commissioner added that the state
government had recently acquired land
in Osun and Abuja for livestock and
crop production. (NAN)

Other governors should emulate BRF

bright007: Other governors should emulate BRF

Tell them

God Bless The Great State Of Lagos


Eko o ni baje

bright007: Other governors should emulate BRF

While their descendants are busy crying over cars for traditional rulers in Lagos?


lmao

geeez: Haters repeat after me:

Eko o no baje

Then flatheada chorus:

O baje ti

O like wahala o.

Misplaced priority.....

Lool givin a yorobaman or woman money to start up a business is like taking a Pig to Jacuzzi to bath.

How many will go into owambe.
Naming ceremony reloaded.
Burial remix
gold and silver
gele n buba
lipstick and bleaching creams.
Lol....my corper friend Taye used to tell me at Issoko North that a Yoruba will lend you money to do burial but once you mention starting up a business your on your own for real.

Abeg we dey wait them at Balogun.who said i no go drive myself to my village dis year HOLYGHOSTTTTTT FIREEEEEEEE

If we change the topic to "FG Gives N1b To Support 400 Graduate Farmers", automatically, all the posters above would withdraw their initial posts and replace them with cynical and negative comments. This is the damage tribal bigotry has done to some people's brains.

Sincere 9gerian: [b] If we change the topic to "FG Gives N1b To Support 400 Graduate Farmers", [/b]automatically, all the posters above would withdraw their initial posts and replace them with cynical and negative comments. This is the damage tribal bigotry has done to some people's brains.

To start with, your corrupt, lazy and incompetent Jonathan is incapable of such acts and if I might add, change the topic to FG = N billions for cell phones to farmers and wasting billions on militants and terrorists..




Why do you people make comparisons between ordinary state with less than $4 billion and your FG with huge Oil money and resources?

Impressive! meanwhile
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