N-Agro
scheme charges youth on agribusiness Over 3000 beneficiaries of the Federal
Government’s Social Investment Programme (SIP) have undergone digital skills
training to broaden their skill set and equip them with expertise to exploit
opportunities in Nigeria’s booming digital economy.
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Cross-section
of applicants taking the aptitude test organised by the Edo State Traffic
Management Agency (EDSTMA) for the 250 job openings in the traffic agency, on
Saturday, August 18, 2018, at the Imaguero Hall, in Benin City. The applicants
were polled from the EdoJobs portal. Speaking to journalists in Benin City, the
Focal Person, Edo State Social Investment Programme, Miss. Osayuwamen
Aladeshelu, disclosed that the training is in line with the objective of the
programme to equip N-Power beneficiaries with entrepreneurial skills. She added
that the training is in partnership with Google Digital Skills for Africa and
is to help the participants gain skills to explore opportunities in the digital
economy.
“Our focus today is on the Seven Local
Government Areas in Edo South Senatorial District. We have about 3,000
participants present here. Edo Central and North Senatorial Districts will take
their turns as we target to train the entire 10,000 N-power beneficiaries in
Edo State,” she said. Fayemi’s inauguration: FRSC promises traffic free flow
Aladeshelu further said that the programme will also provide the participants
with critical digital literacy skills to become entrepreneurs, so that they can
meaningfully contribute to national development.
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The
facilitator and leader of the Google Team, Chunu Tejiri Jerry, urged the
participants to leverage the skills to grow businesses, advance their careers
and tap from the various opportunities available on the Internet to create
wealth. Meanwhile, beneficiaries of SIP programme under the N-Agro scheme in
Edo South Senatorial zone, organised a seminar for farmers in the state, to
mark the World Food Day celebration. Addressing the participants, the Programme
Manager, Edo Agricultural Development Programme (Edo-ADP), Mr Peter
Aikhiomobhogbe, noted that farmers are crucial to Nigeria’s economic
advancement, urging famers in Edo State to take advantage of Governor Godwin
Obaseki’s agricultural initiatives. Speaking on the theme, Sustaining
Agric-Culture for Economic Development: Our Action, Our Future, he charged
youth to take to agribusiness, as the future of the state depends on a
sustainable growth path in agriculture.
In
his remark, the Permanent Secretary, Edo State Ministry of Agriculture, Comrade
B.S. Kadiri, explained that no sustainable economic growth can be achieved if
food is not available.
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Kadiri
further commended the state governor for repurposing agriculture in the state,
urging farmers to develop interest in acquiring knowledge that will enable them
improve their farm yields.
Vanguard.
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