Turkey to train 150 Ogoni youths on agricultural skills

Over 150 Ogoni youths are set to benefit from a Turkish based agricultural and food entrepreneurship programme, aimed at positively engaging and minimizing youth restiveness in the area. Speaking at the flag-off ceremony weekend in Abuja, the Senior Adviser to the President of the ICAF, Idil Saguner noted that the youths when empowered would create […]

Over 150 Ogoni youths are set to benefit from a Turkish based agricultural and food entrepreneurship programme, aimed at positively engaging and minimizing youth restiveness in the area.

Speaking at the flag-off ceremony weekend in Abuja, the Senior Adviser to the President of the ICAF, Idil Saguner noted that the youths when empowered would create job opportunities for others through skills acquired while in Turkey.

Saguner said the Ogoni struggle has gained the attention of the ICAF and would not hesitate to sustain the training and development of the youths for positive change.

President of Ogoni Libration Initiative (OLI) Dr. Fabeke Douglas, said the partnership became imperative as youths in the region have suffered neglect from the Nigerian government.

“Travelling to Turkey will help broaden their horizon and change their thinking. We are taking 150 of them abroad as the first set and subsequently others will follow.

“The diversification of our economy, especially the Agricultural Sector and Solid Minerals are viable sectors that must be explored. If the government borrows to create industries and new industrial cities that will help our economy and create employment for our citizens, it will be the ideal thing to end the insecurity that is ravaging our country, Fabeke said.