UYO—As part of efforts by Akwa Ibom State government to boost food sufficiency in line with the agricultural revolution agenda of Governor Udom Emmanuel, 10,000 youths are to be engaged in job openings in the agricultural sector in the state.
The state governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, announced this, weekend, during an interaction with leaders of major socio-cultural organizations who were at the Government House, Uyo, on a solidarity visit.
He reiterated his administration’s commitment to laying a solid economic foundation for the future through industrialization, just as he said modernized cassava processing plants would soon be established across the state.
Gov Emmanuel Udom
Governor Emmanuel expressed optimism that employment would boost the economic development of the state as youths from the state earlier sent to Israel for training on mechanized farming would now be gainfully employed, thereby reducing the level of poverty in the state .
He said: “If we don’t plant today, there may not be harvest tomorrow to sustain the people as over-dependence on oil does not do the economy any good.”
Earlier, the International President, Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio, Akparawa Monday Etukakpan, who led the delegation, informed the governor that all the socio- cultural organizations in the state decided to visit him to declare their solidarity for him over the tribunal’s verdict on the April 11, 2015 governorship polls in the state.
He assured Governor Emmanuel of victory in the rerun elections in the 18 local government areas where the tribunal annulled the election, stressing that even if election was conducted 1,000 times, he would emerge winner to advance the course of developing the state including harnessing the agricultural sector for employment generation and food sufficiency.
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