Don Wants RSG To Rehabilitate School-To-Land Centre

Worried by the neglect of the foremost agricultural training centre, School-To-Land by successive administrations in Rivers State, a University lecturer, Dr. Bon Meni has appealed to the state government to rehabilitate the centre with a view to enhancing youth capacity building in agriculture.
Dr. Meni who is a lecturer at the National Open University, advised that government should collaborate with the private sector to revamp the School-To-Land agric centre, saying that the synergy was necessary in order to revive the centre, boost agriculture in the state and engage the youth in meaningful venture.
According to him, “if you learn the art of agriculture, your income, food and employment would be more assured and secured.”
He said the agricultural sector remains the largest employer of labour, saying all categories of people, including youth and women were involved in the sector.
He enjoined youth in the state to embrace agriculture as a permanent source of income generation and wealth creation, stressing that the need to have an agric training centre in the state is imperative given the high rate of unemployed youth in the State.
The university don also called on stakeholders in Agric sector and multinationals to partner with the state Ministry of Agriculture in the development of the agric skills of the people as well as promote grassroot human empowerment.
He commended the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, for creating enabling environment for business to thrive in the state saying the government’s efforts had led to a rise in the internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the state.