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Expert Urges FG To Make Agric Attractive

Local Government workers of Rivers State on protest to the Rivers State House of Assembly for House Support to the Local Government Autonomy in the Nigerian Constitution Amendment. Photo: Chris Monyanaga
The Federal Government has been called upon to make agriculture more attractive to Nigerian youth in an effort to tackle the issue of unemployment in the country.
Prof. Malachy Akoroda, the Executive Director, Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN), stated this in an interview with The Tide source on Thursday in Abuja.
Akoroda said government must provide sufficient fund in order to attract more youths to the agricultural sector and to tackle the issue of unemployment in the country.
He urged the Federal and State Governments to make meaningful investment in agriculture to generate employment for the teeming youths and to ensure sustainable development of the economy.
“Encouraging the young people into farming should be an ongoing task for the government and agriculture sector in the country. Farming requires material, men and money.
“ Material in the sense that there are varieties of good products out there and money to pay for inputs that would be required at different stages of the value chain.
“Youth needs these three things to go into farming; wherever any youth get these three things from the government, it makes it possible to go in agriculture,’’ he said.
Akoroda said that agriculture remained the only means of generating jobs, if only various state governments could assist the Federal Government to sensitise the youth to embrace farming.
“We want to see agriculture everywhere across the country to replace oil.
“ There are many countries that do not have oil, but depend solely on agriculture because agriculture is profitable.’’
Akoroda, however, urged stakeholders and investors to take advantage of the Growth Enhancement Support (GES) Scheme of the Federal Government and invest in agriculture.
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Kenyan Runners Dominate Berlin Marathons
Kenya made it a clean sweep at the Berlin Marathon with Sabastian Sawe winning the men’s race and Rosemary Wanjiru triumphing in the women’s.
Sawe finished in two hours, two minutes and 16 seconds to make it three wins in his first three marathons.
The 30-year-old, who was victorious at this year’s London Marathon, set a sizzling pace as he left the field behind and ran much of the race surrounded only by his pacesetters.
Japan’s Akasaki Akira came second after a powerful latter half of the race, finishing almost four minutes behind Sawe, while Ethiopia’s Chimdessa Debele followed in third.
“I did my best and I am happy for this performance,” said Sawe.
“I am so happy for this year. I felt well but you cannot change the weather. Next year will be better.”
Sawe had Kelvin Kiptum’s 2023 world record of 2:00:35 in his sights when he reached halfway in 1:00:12, but faded towards the end.
In the women’s race, Wanjiru sped away from the lead pack after 25 kilometers before finishing in 2:21:05.
Ethiopia’s Dera Dida followed three seconds behind Wanjiru, with Azmera Gebru, also of Ethiopia, coming third in 2:21:29.
Wanjiru’s time was 12 minutes slower than compatriot Ruth Chepng’etich’s world record of 2:09:56, which she set in Chicago in 2024.
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