Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State says he will revive and expand the state’s Youth Commercial Agriculture Development (YCAD) programme by attracting more youths to the scheme.
Fayemi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of the AgraInnovate West Africa 2018 conference and exhibition in Lagos that his administration planned to employ 1,500 youths under the initiative.
NAN reports that Ekiti State Government launched the Youth Commercial Agriculture Development Programme (YCAD) in 2012 during Fayemi’s first stint as governor.
The initiative is intended to turn the farm settlements in the state into Centres of Excellence in Agriculture and to ensure all-round production of cash crops in the state.
“We are going to expand the project. We will provide capacity via technical and vocational education for those youths who need them.
“The days of farming with hoes and cutlasses are over. The reality is that there are no young person who have left university whom we…
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