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200 FADAMA GUYS TO BENEFIT FROM OGUN ANCHOR BORROWERS PROGRAM – ABIODUN

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The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has disclosed that the 200 beneficiaries of the Ogun State Fadama 3 Graduate Unemployed youths Scheme(Fadama Guys) would be considered and given an opportunity to be the first set of farmers that would derive grants from the Ogun State Anchor Borrowers Program recently inaugurated in the state.

Prince Abiodun who made this known at the official flag off ceremony for Fadama Graduate Unemployed youths Scheme(Fadama Guys), held at the governors office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, said that the Fadama Guys was a particularly unique program as it targets two main vulnerable groups of the population, adding that a gainfully employed citizenry would contribute in no small measure to the socioeconomic development of the state and the country.

” I was just discussing with Dr. Oredipe and I said these guys, how can we integrate them into our anchor borrowers program and I have mandated Dr Oredipe, Consultant on agriculture, our agric team, the permanent secretary to seat down and integrate you into our Anchor Borrowers Program, so by the grace of God, you will be the first beneficiaries of our anchor borrowers program.

” The ‘Fadama Guys’ is particularly unique because it is targeted at two main vulnerable groups of our population, the youths and the women and we are also elated that our Public Private Partnership approach towards the successful implementation of building our future together agenda is already yielding positive results,” he said.

The Governor added that the Fadama Graduate Unemployed youths Scheme(Fadama Guys) at the Micro Economic level would provide employment opportunities in agriculture for youths and women, adding that the Macro Economic level would help the country boost its food and self sufficiency agenda.

” At the Micro Economic level, this Fadama Guys provides job employment opportunities in agriculture for our youths and women, thereby providing income and food for themselves and family, on the Macro Economic level, this is another boost to Nigeria’s Food and Self Sufficiency Agenda, this will go a long way to reduce foreign exchange spent on importation of food items that could be produced locally,” he said.

In his welcome address, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Mrs. Abosede Ogunleye said that the objective of the National Fadama Development Project Additional Funding was to increase the income of users of rural lands and water resources in a sustainable manner throughout the country, thereby reducing poverty, while food security was enhanced, urging the beneficiary to judiciously make use of the grants they received.

In his remarks, the Consultant to the Governor on agriculture, Dr. Adetunji Oredipe said that the conception and implementation of Fadama Guys has provided a unique opportunity for the program practitioners and government to harness the energy, motivation and innovation of the young people to strengthen the drive for diversification of the economy and social change, adding that beneficiaries of the program must be a Nigerian youth ,a graduate from any higher institution or an holder of the Secondary School Leaving Certificate who has practiced farming between the age of 18 and 35.

Oredipe also added that such beneficiary must have the knowledge about the computer, have access to land on a place where the Agric Enterprise would be cited, adding that a written statement stating that the beneficiary was willing to become an Agri- Preneur would be required.

Also in his remarks, the National Project Coordinator, Fadama Guys, Mr. Balarabe Abdulrahman, represented by Mr. Adeleke Adeyemi, expressed his appreciation to the Ogun State Government for their support and keen interest in the project Fadama 3, saying that the gesture would boost the state’s rating by the National Office and the World Bank.

In his response, the president of the Fadama Guys in Ogun State, Mr. Adebanjo Daniel thanked the state government for their support, promising to judiciously use the grants received.

The flag off of the Fadama Project, saw the presentation of checks to 200 beneficiaries.

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Breaking: Plane crash kills ten people

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Breaking: Plane crash kills Eight people

Breaking: Plane crash kills Ten people

 

 

 

 

A small private jet crashed into a motorbike and a car while attempting to land at an airport in the outskirts of Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, leaving at least 10 people dead, officials said on Thursday.

 


Breaking: Plane crash kills Eight people

 

A Beechcraft Model 390 (Premier 1) aircraft, a light private business jet, was carrying six passengers and two crew when it crashed near Elmina township at 2.08 p.m. (0608 GMT), just before it was due to land, Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan told reporters.

 

 

The aircraft lost contact with the air traffic control tower and crashed into a motorbike and a car on the highway, he said. “There was no emergency call, the aircraft had been given clearance to land,” Hussein Omar said. A search and rescue mission is underway. The country’s civil aviation authority (CAAM) said the flight had departed from the holiday island of Langkawi and was en route to Selangor’s Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport near the capital city Kuala Lumpur.

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Seven Passengers Burnt To Death Near Third Mainland Bridge In Car Accident

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Seven Passengers Burnt To Death Near Third Mainland Bridge In Car Accident

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Seven passengers have been confirmed killed after a commercial bus caught fire in Lagos on Sunday

At least five others were said to have sustained injuries in the tragic incident that occurred at Iyana Oworo, close to the Third Mainland Bridge.

 

 

 

The deceased comprises four females, two male adults and one male child.

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said there were 14 passengers in the ill-fated bus with registration number KJA 699 GY.

 

 

 

 

Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, Permanent Secretary of LASEMA, said the driver had some burns.

He added that three female adults involved in the incident were rushed to Gbagada General Hospital and that a male adult was attended to by the Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS) at the scene.

 

 

 

“LASTMA officials at the scene have made arrangements to remove the burnt vehicle from the road,” Oke-Osanyintolu said.

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Nigerian Deputy Governor Loses Seven-Year-Old Son In Car Accident

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Nigerian Deputy Governor Loses Seven-Year-Old Son In Car Accident

Nigerian Deputy Governor Loses Seven-Year-Old Son In Car Accident

 

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Nigerian Deputy Governor Loses Seven-Year-Old Son In Car Accident

 

The deputy governor of Yobe State, Hon. Idi Barde Gubana, lost a son in an auto crash which occurred yesterday

A statement signed by his press secretary, Hussaini Mai Suleh, in Damaturu said the seven-year-old boy who was a namesake to Governor Mai Mala Buni died in a crash along Maiduguri-Kano road.

He said the boy had been buried according to Islamic rites at the palace of the Mai of Fune in Damagum town in Fune local government area.
Reacting, the deputy governor said; “I will forever remember him as somebody close to me.’’

Top government officials and other personalities were at the residence of the deputy governor to sympathise with the family over the death.

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