:Provides Training, Seedlings, Cash for Take Off.
While over One Thousand Market Women, Youths of Imo West Senatorial district are still in the euphoria of what can best be described as interest free loan of Senator Osita Izunaso, same Izunaso had over the weekend trained and empowered over One hundred Women and Youths in modern Agriculture.
The empowerment which started with a 5 day training in Owerri had the participants trained by resource persons on how to plant the seedlings of various crops, time of harvest as well as markets to sell the products upon harvest.
Recall that Izunaso, a two time Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and a former House of Representatives had during his 2023 Senatorial campaign, promised the People of Orlu Zone that he would make food surplus in the area by empowering the people in modern Agricultural practice.
Addressing the participants after the program, Izunaso said
“agriculture was our cardinal point during the campaign, we promised to boost food production and we are keeping to that promise. There is no need for us to be talking about white collar jobs while we can do something to feed ourselves, that is why we are partnering with the federal ministry of agriculture to train our people on agricultural skills.
” Today we are talking about coconut, papaya and plantain, we have thought them how to plant it and as well make money from it, we will continue doing this because I believe is the most important thing for the country at this point in time.
If we are talking about food security and we don’t bring it closer to the people it doesn’t make any sense.
“The participants will be going home with some seedlings and money after the training, we will keep nurturing what they are doing until it comes to fusion, he said.
Describing modern Agriculture as a major factor that would stabilize the economy of Nigeria in this period of untold hardship, Izunaso made it clear that after this program, another set of resource persons would be coming to teach the people on fishery amongst Others pointing out that the plans had already been concluded and
advised the participants to form a cooperative to enable them attract funding from the micro finance bank as well as other institutions to support and grow their businesses.
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