President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, encouraged active involvement of more Nigerian youths in agriculture.
He urged agencies involved in agriculture to further streamline their priorities in the inclusion of the youth in driving modern methods of farming.
According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President spoke at the inauguration of the National Young Farmers Scheme designed by the National Agricultural Land Development Authority.
Buhari was quoted as assuring those interested that an enabling environment would be created for full participation.
“I have directed that all NALDA’s abandoned farm estates be retrieved to enable thousands of our young men and women to be engaged in farming.
“This administration will be achieving agricultural mechanisation through this scheme and I am confident that Nigeria under my watch will achieve food security in producing most of what we eat.
“In good harvest years, we may even export our surpluses and earn foreign exchange. By virtue of my passion and desire for agriculture and also as a farmer myself, I am directly supervising NALDA as an authority under the Presidency,” Buhari said.
