The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says it will continue to explore avenues for the training of corps members on modernized farming and deployment of equipment.
Shuaibu Ibrahim, the NYSC Director-General, made this known during separate signings of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI) and National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM) at their offices in Ilorin.
In a press statement, Ibrahim stressed that the partnership, which kicked off with the two agencies, was aimed at boosting the scheme’s agricultural programme and support corps members that were interested in agro-ventures.
He added that corps members were being encouraged to identify their talents and develop them with passion.
Ibrahim said the synergy with ARMTI would offer professional training in modern agricultural practices for both corps members and NYSC staff.
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The D-G also pointed out the input from ARMTI would boost the morale of other NYSC partners and attract from them more assistance for the corps members.
The NYSC helmsman noted that corps members were gifted with potentials, which if properly harnessed, would propel the country towards greater economic development.
Ibrahim said white-collar jobs were not easy to come by, thus the decision of the scheme to introduced its skill acquisition and entrepreneurship development programme in 2012.
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