The
Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brig-Gen Paul Boroh
(retd), has called on youths in the Niger Delta to take advantage of the
Federal Government agricultural policies to empower themselves.
Boroh made the call in a statement
issued, yesterday in Yenagoa by Mr. Piriye Kiyaramo, head of Media and
Communication Department, Amnesty Programme, Bayelsa Liaison Office.
The statement quoted Boroh as saying that
embracing agriculture would go a long way in empowering and creating
jobs for the youths.
Boroh, who is also the Special Adviser to
President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger-Delta Affairs, said the importance
of agriculture to a growing economy could not be over-emphasised.
The coordinator noted that the
Presidential Amnesty Programme was working hard to ensure that the
agriculture empowerment initiative under the scheme had been beneficial
to the youths in the region.
“The agriculture empowerment scheme is aimed at creating job opportunities to ensure food availability for the people.
“The scheme is to enable them participate
in productive and lucrative agro-business ventures with a view to
transforming the rural economy in the Niger Delta region,” he said.
Boroh reiterated that investing in
agriculture would also enhance social protection for youths in rural
communities in the region.
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