FG, Songhai Farms Sign Mou To Harness River Basin Resources
Mon Jun 13, 2016 03:49:pm National
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The Federal Government has signed a contract agreement between the River Basin Development Authorities (RBDAs) and the Songhai Nigeria Partnership Ltd. to generate 1,200 jobs nationwide in three years.
At the signing ceremony at the weekend, Minister of Water Resources, Engr Suleiman Adamu said the object is to strengthen the RBDAs to become major economic nerve centres in line with the economic diversification policy of the change agenda.
"These centres would be along the Songhai Farm settlement style, exploring the Public private Partnership model in ownership and financing while the RBDAs will be the primary delivery vehicles.
"The main objective of this scheme is massive job creation for youth with a year round agricultural production and other value chain activities such as processing, storage, markets, e-commerce etc.
Each of these centres will have a minimum of 50 graduate employees nationwide," the minister said.
Adamu thus directed the chief executive officers of the various RBDAs to take off the programme.
"As chief executives of your respective RBDAs, I am mandating you to take charge and bring up a blueprint and a step-by-step approach for the implementation of laudable programme whose output shall include increase tonnage of food production, generate employment and manage the available water resources using best practices for integrated rural development," the minister stated.
He, however, stressed that the agreement did not stop ongoing efforts towards the partial commercialisation of the RBDAs.
Regional Director of Songhai Farms, Fr Godfrey Nzamujo said the programme is aimed at enhancing the capacity of the RBDAs and making Nigeria a sustainable developed country.
NAN.
At the signing ceremony at the weekend, Minister of Water Resources, Engr Suleiman Adamu said the object is to strengthen the RBDAs to become major economic nerve centres in line with the economic diversification policy of the change agenda.
"These centres would be along the Songhai Farm settlement style, exploring the Public private Partnership model in ownership and financing while the RBDAs will be the primary delivery vehicles.
"The main objective of this scheme is massive job creation for youth with a year round agricultural production and other value chain activities such as processing, storage, markets, e-commerce etc.
Each of these centres will have a minimum of 50 graduate employees nationwide," the minister said.
Adamu thus directed the chief executive officers of the various RBDAs to take off the programme.
"As chief executives of your respective RBDAs, I am mandating you to take charge and bring up a blueprint and a step-by-step approach for the implementation of laudable programme whose output shall include increase tonnage of food production, generate employment and manage the available water resources using best practices for integrated rural development," the minister stated.
He, however, stressed that the agreement did not stop ongoing efforts towards the partial commercialisation of the RBDAs.
Regional Director of Songhai Farms, Fr Godfrey Nzamujo said the programme is aimed at enhancing the capacity of the RBDAs and making Nigeria a sustainable developed country.
NAN.
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