10,000 Akwa Ibom Youths will get Agric Jobs – Gov. Emmanuel

Udom Emmanuel

The Akwa Ibom State Government has said it will create jobs for 10,000 youths in the agricultural sector in order to sustain its administration’s plan for an agricultural revolution.

Governor Udom Emmanuel who disclosed this during the weekend in Uyo, the state capital, in an interaction with leaders of major socio-cultural organisations, said his administration was committed to laying a solid economic foundation for the future through industrialisation.

Emmanuel said for the agricultural revolution’s take-off, 10 modernised cassava processing plants would be established across the state.

The governor noted that the state was blessed with arable land that makes cultivation easy for all seasons.
He therefore reiterated the commitment of his administration to exploiting the agricultural potential in the state by ensuring that the vast arable land across the state was cultivated.

Emmanuel said the job creation plan would make it easier for youths – who were sent to Israel for training on mechanised farming – to maximize their skills in agriculture.

He noted that the move was meant to ensure that indigenes could earn a living rather than beg for it, adding that “If we do not plant today, there may not be harvest tomorrow to sustain the people, as over-dependence on oil cannot do the economy any good.”