A
member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), serving in Ebonyi State, Mr
Godshield Kanjal, has implemented the one-man-one-hectre agriculture programme
initiated by Governor David Umahi. He said he took to farming to boost food
production and wealth creation in the state and country at large.
Kanjal,
noted that agriculture has become the lifeline for the nation at this period of
dwindling oil revenue. He said he keyed into the farming initiative for the
period of his one-year compulsory service to fatherland.
The
corps member advised young graduates to shift their thinking from seeking
unavailable white-collar jobs, insisting that graduates instead, should venture
into entrepreneurship by acquiring skills related to agriculture. He further
pleaded with the government to empower out-going corps members with
‘take-home-grant’ to enable them to be self reliant after service.
He
said the high cost of rice in local market was part of the reason he took to
rice farming. “I decided to key into the programme because it was promising,
especially looking at the skyrocketing price of rice in the market. My
three-hectre rice farming is blossoming and would be harvested by December,” he
stated.
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