…As trainees pledge to contribute to food security in Nigeria
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab
The lawmaker representing Lokoja/Kogi Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Sulaiman Danladi Aguye, has facilitated the training and empowering of first batch of over two hundred constituents on poultry and fish farming in line with the federal government agenda of food security in the country.
The programme which was held at Reverton Hotel, Lokoja on Monday, featured professionals from the Federal College of Horticulture, and U and S Resources Services LTD.
Aguye, who has made similar efforts in training and empowering constituents in various endeavours over the years, however, tasked beneficiaries to make good use of the starter packs and fifty thousand naira to better their lives and contribute to the growth of the local economy.
Yusuf Adamu, a resource person, briefing newsmen said trainees had gone through the processes of breeding and growing fish to a table size, stressing the training also entailed marketing of the produce.
He said: “We taught trainees on how to grow fish and other associated business opportunities. We have taken participants through the processes of breeding fish as well as growing fish to a table size.
“The beneficiaries have been enthusiastic during the training and that shows they are actually catching up on the vision of the lawmaker.
“My advice to them is that whatever new skills they have acquired, they should start something with it to contribute to food security in their area and improve their own livelihood. I task them to hit the ground running and start off”.
Lauding the lawmaker on the gesture, the Chairman, Lokoja Local Government Council, Comrade Abdullahi Adamu, thanked Aguye and noted that the people at the grassroots were in dire need of such empowerment programmes.
“I so much appreciate the efforts of Hon. Sulaiman Danladi Aguye in his training and empowerment schemes for his constituents. This is a pointer to the fact that Aguye has the mindset of progress for the people he is representing.
“If politicians upstairs can initiate similar gestures for the people at the grassroots, the people of Lokoja/Kogi Federal Constituency will be very happy and self-reliant”, he said.
In the same vein, member representing Lokoja 1 State Constituency Hon Shehu Tijjani Ebaiya, said the programme was just one of the series of schemes the lawmaker had initiated to better the lives of his constituents.
He said: “I appreciate the efforts of the lawmaker for his people and I advised beneficiaries to take a good course of the training and manifest their skills in profitable ventures”.
However, in their response, the beneficiaries, speaking through Rukayat Dan Sulaiman, thanked the lawmaker for the good gesture and pledged to make good use of the starter packs and cash.
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