The Governor of Abia state, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has advocated the engagement of the National Youth Service Corps to drive the federal government’s policy on agricultural rejuvenation.
He made the call recently while speaking when the NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Suleman Kazaure, paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House, Umuahia.
He pointed out that one of the ways to maximize the country’s potentials in agriculture was to channel the energy of the youths towards the sector.
Governor Ikpeazu averred that the level of education of Corps members would make them have better understanding of issues and practices in agriculture.
The Governor, who spoke of the state’s Senatorial multi-skills centre in Aba, with more to come on stream in other Senatorial zones, assured that the state government would give Corps members opportunity to learn vocational skills in the centres.
He lauded the contributions of the NYSC to national unity and development and, especially, its role in the successful conduct of the 2015 general elections.
He assured that the state government would intervene in the various challenges confronting the NYSC Scheme in the state.
Earlier, the NYSC Director-General, had enumerated pressing needs of the scheme in the state to include control of erosion problem, total renovation of female hostels and provision of additional boreholes in the orientation camp as well as payment of state subvention to the NYSC State Secretariat.