As part of efforts to empower the citizens and make them self reliant, the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has trained 50 students drawn from various institutions in Bauchi state on animals and crops production.
Director General of the NDE Dr Nasiru Mohammed Ladan Argungu while flagging off of Sustainable Agricultural Development Training Scheme (SADTS) in the state said the scheme was concerned with the training of unemployed youths using modern technology in agricultural production.
Represented by the NDE Bauchi state coordinator Alhaji Ali Lawan Yaya, the Director General said the program intends to provide more profitable farm income thereby enhancing the quality of life of farmers, their families and communities at large.
He stressed the importance of agricultural skills as a vital tool of generating mass employment to the teeming jobless citizens.
“This is a scheme which is concerned with the training of unemployed youths using modern technology to provide more profitable farm income thus enhancing the quality of life for farmers, families and their communities at large.”
