The Benin Owena River Basin Development Authority (BORBDA) has trained 70 youths on beekeeping.
The Managing Director of the authority, Mr Saliu Ahmed, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. The training, he said, was made possible with the implementation of the Graduate and Youth Empowerment Programme of the Federal Government. The four catchment states of the river basin development authorities are; Edo, Ondo, Ekiti and Delta.
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According to him, the river basin is making some strides in youth empowerment, following tremendous challenges of food production due to continued population growth in the country. (NAN)
Saliu noted that the Federal Government had initiated several policies with special emphasis on promoting agriculture; thus turning the country into a net producer of food for both domestic and export markets.
Saliu stated; “We are working to make the youths see that agriculture is business, we are supporting them to move from the hoe and cutlass practices and farm larger expanse of land through support of mechanisations and inputs”
