Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, is promising to support 300 beneficiaries of the State-sponsored Modern Agricultural Skills and Practices Training Programme at CSS Integrated Farms, Nasarawa State, of establishing their farms immediately.
Governor Otti made the promise during the graduation and passing out ceremony of the Trainees at the CSS Farms in Nasarawa State.
Addressing the beneficiaries, Governor Otti reiterated the importance of food security, and the need to grow the agricultural sector to boost the economy.
He noted that life itself revolves around food hence the seriousness the Abia State government was placing in food production and food security.
Governor Otti congratulated the 300 beneficiaries and expressed optimism that they will put into practice, the new ideas, knowledge and skills acquired and also help in training others as they returned home.
In his words, ‘I will want to congratulate all of you for successfully passing through the training and I have no doubt that as you come back home, you are going to be useful not just to your immediate family and community but also to the State and Humanity’.
Dr. Otti commended the beneficiaries for being good ambassadors of Abia State and expressed deep appreciation to the management and staff of CSS Global Integrated Farms led by Prof John Kennedy Opara for the job well done in training the beneficiaries.
The beneficiaries expressed their profound gratitude to the Governor for the life-changing opportunity and thanked the management and staff of CSS Global Integrated Farms for exposing them to modern Agricultural skills and techniques.
They promised to put into practice what they have learnt and also train others.
