Kwara Gov-Elect urged to emulate Ahmadu Bello, others

Date: 2019-05-03

Experts have called on the Kwara state Governor-Elect to emulate Sir Ahmadu Bello, Awolowo and other past leaders of Nigeria in piloting the affairs of the state. This is as they noted that the state can become Nigeria's Agric hub if the new administration invests in infrastructure, irrigation and proper harnessing of the agricultural value chain.

Speaking at the opening of a two-day Focused Workshop organised by the Kwara Transition Committee recently set up by the Governor-elect AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the experts said the state has the potential to be food and nutrition-secure if it puts the right measures in place. The workshop themed: Realising the agricultural potentials of Kwara State – the Value Chain Approach, the workshop drew experts from across the country who commended AbdulRazaq for seeking practical answers to how the state can harness its agric potentials, generate employment and generate funds for development. "

Kwara has good volume of surface and underground water. But the irrigation facilities are just not there. Once rain ceases, there is a problem. No country in the world develops from rain-fed agriculture. Kwara must invest in irrigation to allow for all-year-round farming," said Mr Kingley Olurinde, an agricultural economist from the Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI), Ilorin said. Olurinde said the new government must also invest in rural roads, schools, healthcare centres, and micro credit scheme to stimulate interest in farming and make the people truly productive. Another agricultural expert from the University of Ilorin, Dr Sam Okunade, said the workshop is a practical demonstration of AbdulRazaq's interest in truly harnessing the state's agricultural potentials.

Okunade tasked the new government to study how the regional governments of Obafemi Awolowo, Ahmadu Bello and Michael Okpara developed their regions with strict development of the agricultural value chains. He urged the government to establish a scheme with a focus to train, fund and empower young graduates to farm as a deliberate way of tackling unemployment. He also called for law reforms, such as the land tenure system, to make access to land easy for prospective commercial farmers.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Mufutau Olatinwo     Aminu Adisa Logun     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Aiyedun     Tsado Manman     Igbaja     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Gobir     Rasaq Jimoh     Abdulrazaq Magaji     COEASU     Khairat Gwadabe     Muhammad Yahya     Adeniyi Ojo     Ahman Patigi     Arinola Lawal     S.O. Opowoye     Hamza Usman     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Bolaji Abdullahi     Okanlawon Musa     Mogaji Aare     Baba Isale     Oluranti Idowu     Universal Basic Education Commission     Illyasu Abdullahi     Omotoso Musa     Toyin Saraki     Magaji Are     Abubakar Imam     Gbenga Awoyale     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Eghe Igbinehi     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Ogbondoroko     Bareke     Abdulkarim Adisa     Balogin Alanamu     Christopher Odetunde     Funmilayo Mohammed     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Kishira     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Sam Okaula     Falokun-Oja     Share/Tsaragi     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     New Nigeria People’s Party     Oke Sunna     Abdulhakeem Amao     Neo Mundo Ltd     Rapheal Ashaolu     NURTW     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Musbau A. Akanji     Ethical College     ASUU     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Students Union Government     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Kabir Shagaya     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Bola Tinubu     Kwha.gov.ng     Ajibike Katibi     Doyin Awoyale     Oloje     Joseph Daudu     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Kwara State Television     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Mohammed Danjuma     Saka Aleshinloye     ER-KANG     Alliance For Democracy    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Sebastine Obasi     Oyelere Oyinloye     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Neo Mundo Ltd     John Kehinde Salako     Oyun     CBT     Mohammed Yisa     AGM Professional Services     CACOVID Palliatives     Michael Ologundea     Wahab Kunle Shittu     CKNG     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Millennium Development Goals     Seun Bolaji     Suleman Abubakar     Kisra     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Agbarere     Yaru     Ahmad Lawan     Isiaka Yusuf     ASMAU PLAZA     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Sa\'adu Salahu     Abdulkadir Orire     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Council Of The Wise     HYPPADEC     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Maryam A. Garuba     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Shola Odetundun     Mamatu Abdullahi     Sunday Popo-Ola     Baba Isale     SSA Youth     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Tsaragi-Share     Olupako     Ajayi Okasanmi     Face Masks     Alliance For Democracy     Fatimoh Lawal     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Baboko     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Rashidi Yekini     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Solomon Edoja     Coronavirus     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Chief Imam Of Offa     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Mike Omotosho     Ghali Muhammed     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Dunmade     Kwara State Governor     Abdulrazaq Magaji     International Vocational Centre     Sulu Gambari     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Obayomi Azeez     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Hamidu Olowo     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Musbau A. Akanji     Olota Of Odo-Owa     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa