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.

Okedare     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Public Holiday     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Kubra Kazum     Mufutau Olatinwo     Hamza Usman     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Arandun     Firdaos Amasa     Saka Isau     Tunde Akanbi     Umar Sanda Yusuf     TESCOM     Labaeka     Shehu Adaramaja     Dan Iya     Sobi FM     Aminat Omodara     Emir Of Lafiagi     Shaaba Lafiagi     Moshood Bakare     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Muslim Cementary     Baba Isale     Dele Momodu     Baaziki Sulaiman     Buhari     Dele Belgore     Kumbi Titiloye     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Raymond Olaitan     Ladi Hassan     Yemi Osinbajo     Vasolar     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     UITH     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Amos Sayo     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Gobir Organization Foundation     Lanre Jimoh     Ben Duntoye     Nnazua     Suleiman Mora Omar     Eghe Igbinehin     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Ayedun     Toyin Abdullahi     Mufti Of Ilorin     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Senate Presidency     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Adisa Logun     Surajudeen Akanbi     Babaita     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Balikis Jawondo     Okin Group     Oko Erin     NIPOGA     Ajibike Katibi     RTEAN     Segun Adeniyi     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Kayode Bankole     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Yusuf Aiyedun     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Kayode Ibrahim     Student Learning Support Helpline     Metro Park    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Saheed Popoola     Agbarere     Sobi Specialist Hospital     T And K FOODS     MAI Akande     Ibrahim Jawondo     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Maimunat Oniyangi     Ethical College     Joseph Bamigboye     Lafia Aliyu Korasabi     Yusuf Lawal     KWAFFA     Lai Mohammed     Yusuf Aiyedun     Ilorin Emirate     Young Progressives Party     Sunday Popo-Ola     Olaitan Adefila     Mohammed Ghali Alaaya     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Kayode Ibrahim     Neo Mundo Ltd     Ishola Abdullahi     Tafidan Kaiama     Oba Abdulrahim     Overland     Suleiman Abubakar     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Students Union Government     Najim Yaasin     Durbar     Albert Ogunsola     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Ilofa     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Aisha Gobir     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Kayode Zubair     Oloje     Popo-Igbonna     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     NIPR     Yomi Ogunsola     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Laboratory-to-Product     Olabanji Orilonishe     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Yekeen Alabi     Alimi     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Yusuf Ali     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Baba Isale     KWASIEC     IQRA College     Bank Of Industry     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Orisa Bridge     Gbugbu     Amule     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Emir Of Kano     Eghe Igbinehi     Dairo Kunle Paul     Risikat Lawal     Lithium     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Halidu Danbaba     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Umar Gunu     Ghali Muhammed     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Muazam Nayaya