Senator Orji trains 165 constituents on agriculture

www.odogwublog.com reports that no fewer than 165 youths in Abia Central senatorial district have undergone vocational training  in various branches of agriculture under the youth empowerment scheme of Senator Theodore Orji.

The Senator who disclosed this in Umuahia said 20 of the beneficiaries selected from the six Local Government Areas in the zone were trained in mechanized farming at the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanization, Ilori, Kwara State.

He said 80 were trained at the National Root Crop Research Institute  Umudike, while 65 were trained at Federal College of Agriculture Isiagu, Ebonyi State.

Specific areas of the training include: fishery, piggery, poultry as well as soap making.

The Senator who spoke through his former Legislative Aide, and Commissioner for Public Utilities, Abia State, Chief Chidiebere Nwoke, said the beneficiaries would receive take off grant along with others in an elaborate empowerment programme coming up shortly.

He said 15 tricycles, liquid fertilizers,  farming implements, sewing machines and other empowerment tools would also be distributed to people at the event to enable them become self reliant.

Orji who said over 180 undergraduates had benefited from his scholarship scheme in the last three years said he was highly concerned about the future of youths in his zone, hence his relentless efforts towards establishing them.

He further explained that the reason he decided to train more youths in agriculture was to make them part of the solution to the food crisis in society as agriculture is becoming the mainstay of Nigerian economy.

    The Senator said he had also attracted some major projects in the district including roads, motorized water bore holes,  rural electrification and transformers.

He promised to deliver more democracy projects in the months ahead while urging youths and eligible voters in the zone to make sure the get their voter's card to enable them participate in the 2019 elections.