The beneficiaries were trained on production, storage, processing, post-harvest handling and management, preservation, packaging and marketing.
He said, “Remember that with the loan facility, you have been doubly empowered. First, you have been trained in modern agriculture and life skills to be able to overcome the challenges of your immediate environment.
“Secondly, loan empowerment provides you with the required entrepreneurship. You should therefore justify these efforts by putting in your best to succeed and repay the loan in due time so that other unemployed youth will benefit subsequently. The NDE attaches a very high premium on the multiplier effect of the loan schemes for increased job creation.”
Also speaking, the Head of the Department of REP, Edem Duke, who was represented by the Human Resources Department NDE headquarters, Fatima Maiyaki, called on the 22 beneficiaries to remain focused on their training towards making profits. “The Rural Employment Promotion Department through its strategy of training in modern Agricultural skills and empowerment in agribusiness engagements is one of the core programme departments, saddled with the responsibility of generating employment opportunities in the agricultural sector for the unemployed youth in Nigeria,” Duke said.All rights reserved.
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