National Directorate of Employment NDE in Jigawa State has trained 50 youths on growing and expand business of their choice.
The State Coordinator, Alhaji Abubakar Jamo who disclosed this to newsmen in Dutse, explained that out of the number, 13 were females.
He said the training was conducted under the directorate’s Post-Sustainable Agricultural Development Training Scheme.
Abubakar Jamo said the beneficiaries were selected from the 250 youths earlier trained in 2019 by the agency in poultry farming, crops farming, fish farming, cattle fattening, among others, under Sustainable Agricultural Development Training.
He added that the Post-Sustainable Agricultural Development Training Scheme was designed to empower the trainees to establish, grow and expand agric enterprises of their choice on a sustainable basis.
According to him, during the training, the beneficiaries were exposed to practical application of government’s policies.
The state coordinator therefore urged youths to desist in indulging themselves into social vices and continue to support the federal government’s policies and programs.
COV/USMAN MZ, JIGAWA
