Monday 5 December 2016

Anambra Empowers 100 Youths in Agripreneur Hunt

Special Adviser to the Anambra State Governor on Youth Mobilization and Empowerment, Dr Onyeka Ibezim disclosed that finalists in the state's one month empowerment programme would be granted soft loans from N500,000.00 for individuals to N5million for cooperatives to establish various enterprise.

“These are youths who did well in the various local government areas and have qualified for the finals. They will be supported in the aspects of farming they excelled in like fisheries, poultry, vegetable farming and even root crop farming” Ibezim stated.

He also noted that the talent hunt was open to all youths irrespective of educational qualification. News Agency of Nigeria revealed that the talent hunt was organised in collaboration with Anambra State’s Ministries of Agriculture, Science and Technology as well as Culture and Tourism.

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