As part of effort towards ensuring food security in the society, the Senator representing Adamawa Central Senatorial District Aminu Iya Abbas, has commenced training of 100 constituents on agricultural biotechnology through National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI).
Speaking while declaring the training open at the NUT House Yola, Sen. Iya Abbas said, the three-day training and empowerment programme which commenced on Monday 25th and will end on Wednesday 27th and 28th to 30th November, 2024.
He said that the beneficiaries were from Hong, Gombi, Song, Girei, Yola North,Yola South and Fufore LGAs.
Senator Abbas who doubles as chairman Senate Committee on Innovation, Science and Technology, was represented by Hon. Luri Zephaniah.
He explained that training farmers on modern ways of farming and encouraging them with funds will ensure all year round farming activities which will result to food security in the constituency and the state at large.
He revealed that the role of farmers towards nation development through farming activities is highly recognized in recent times considering the present economic realities, encouraging them to venture into full fledged commercial farming for the boost agricultural activities in the state.
The Director General NBTI Dr. Mrs Patricia Uchenna Chukwu, who was represented by Salihu Umar Babayi, said the participants will be trained in many aspects of agriculture, like food and animal production, modern techniques of farming, food preservation, amongst others.
On their separate remarks, the Technology Incubation Center Manager Yola, office Sakina Hamid Iya and Mohammed Toungo among other organisers, amonished them to embrace modern farming, assures of more technological innovation advancement programs.
Aside feeding of the participants and provision of writing materials, the beneficiaries will at the end of the intensive training smile home with certificate of participation and cash to boost their farming activities.
Some participants who spoke on the gesture, including, Kazia Lawrence and Hadiza Usman thanked Senator Abbas for the empowerment programme, describing the gesture as timely
The participants also urged senator Abbas to continue the laudable program to raise the local farmers to be come large scale farmers, especially in this period of economic hardship
It would be recalled that Senator Aminu Iya Abbas had in June this year aside training over 100 youth on P.O.S business also empowered over 500 youths and women with 50,000 and 100,000 naira cash each to support their businesses.
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