The Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS), in collaboration with Arajek Multi Services Ltd., has trained farmers selected from the Southwest States on improved agricultural farming on maize, plantains, and oil palms in Oyo State.
The chairman of Arajek Multi Services Ltd., Mr. Rahman Idris, stressed while speaking at the training the importance of agriculture in addressing food security, employment, contribution to gross domestic product, and wealth creation.
The training held at the Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology (FCAH&PT), Moor Plantation, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, had 100 farmers selected from each state of the southwest region.
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Idris called for the need to take agriculture seriously in Nigeria, while stating that there is no way one would not eat in a day unless he or she is fasting, adding that almost 65 to 75 percent of Nigerians are engaged in agricultural activities.
He pointed out that there is a need to make the best use of the good land we have from north to south and from west to east, while advising participants to cooperate with the resource persons in order to achieve the set objectives of the workshop.
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The Comptroller General of NAQS, Dr. Vincent Isegbe, who was represented by Mrs. Bello Hadijat Jumoke, while welcoming the participants to the training workshop, urged them to make use of the knowledge acquired during the training so as not to make the time spent attending the program a wasted one.
The training coordinator, Professor Adeboye Omole, gave an overview of the training while encouraging participants to be punctual, attentive, and ask questions on areas that are not clear to them, while also appreciating the facilitator of the project, Honourable Kolapo Osunsanya, for the opportunity.
He also expressed appreciation to the Federal Government through NAQS for the timely intervention through the training of youths and women in agricultural activities.
