World Bank, FADAMA train 200 unemployed graduates in Kogi

The National Fadama Coordination Office (NFCO) in collaboration with the State Fadama Office has commenced a two-week training in agriculture for 200 unemployed graduates in Kogi under the World Bank-funded Graduate Unemployed Youth Supports (GUYS) project. Kogi State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Oloruntoba Kehinde, who declared the training open at the College of Agriculture, Kabba, […]

The National Fadama Coordination Office (NFCO) in collaboration with the State Fadama Office has commenced a two-week training in agriculture for 200 unemployed graduates in Kogi under the World Bank-funded Graduate Unemployed Youth Supports (GUYS) project.

Kogi State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Oloruntoba Kehinde, who declared the training open at the College of Agriculture, Kabba, noted that agriculture has become a gainful venture in the face of the nation’s dwindling oil resources and urged the participants to take the training serious.

The Commissioner while congratulating the participants, enjoined them to comply with rules of the programme in order to benefit more and assured of government’s supports to ensure success of the programmes aimed at empowering young people in the state.

The representative of the World Bank and National Project Coordinator, Mr Peter Ajibaye who assured that the training would go a long way in supporting young people, lamented the alarming rate of unemployed graduates in the country.

Ajibaye said so far, $200 million has been accessed by the federal government under the Agricultural Transformation programme funded by the World Bank to address youth unemployment and to boost agricultural produce and secure food for all.

In his remarks, the Fadama III State Project Coordinator in Kogi, Mr Paul Ogunmola expressed appreciation to the state government for the prompt payment of counterpart funds that has made the programme a reality in the state.

Participants in their separate remarks, Miss Adeshola Deborah and Audu Pius expressed gratitude for the opportunity given to them to be trained and pledged their commitment to ensure that knowledge acquired from the training will be effectively applied.