NAN-AE-10
Youths
Lokoja,Oct 19,2016(NAN) Mr Segun Adeyinka, an horticulturist has advised youths in the country to be self employed rather than depending on government jobs.
Adeyinka gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lokoja on the sideline of a seminar on poultry feed production irganised for youths.
He encouraged the youths to learn small scale farming which, he noted, could help cater for their immediate needs.
Adeyinka said he had been organising free seminars across the state on fish farming, snails and piggery, added that these aspects of farming were cheap to maintain.
He urged youths to tap from his experience to stand tall among their peers, saying that with little money, small scale farming could be achieved.
Adeyinka, however, called on the state government to partner with Bank of Agriculture to get soft loans for youths in state to start small scale farming. (NAN)
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Edited by Felix Ajide
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