Motivational speaker tasks Plateau citizens on growing high value crops

By Golok Nanmwa ,Jo’s

Motivational speaker and Chief Executive Officer of Tony Elumelu Foundation, Mr Weibe Boer has tasked the people of Plateau state to focus on growing high value crops like vegetables, strawberries, flowers, ornamentals and spices among others.

According to him, . “I am encouraging our youths to go into agriculture as it is capable of tackling poverty and making our youths productive.” He stressed

Boer, who also served as Director, Mtanga Farms, Tanzania said he wanted Plateau citizens to start growing high value crops because the crops would enable them to generate billions of Dollars.

He said, “We have unique weather in Plateau, so we should be focusing on Agriculture, we should be growing high value crops like vegetables, flowers, strawberries and spices among others,

“Because before we have farms that were selling roses to Europe, we can make billions of dollars from that, we can also sell these flowers to Abuja or Lagos.” He said.

Boer also said that the high value crops can also be sell in Nigeria “because we have the ready market here, we have almost 200 million people in Nigeria and we have one of the biggest market in the world.”

Boer also advised that Plateau people should do more on renewable energy sector.

“The first renewable energy in West Africa started in Jos in 1929 which is Nasco, so we have it in our DNA to produce and distribute renewable energy, there also other renewable energy companies operating in Plateau, and there was ministry of Energy in Plateau, so we need to do more, to train and empower people on the renewable energy sector.” He said.

He also called on Plateau citizens to start telling positive stories about Plateau in order to change the negativity feeling about the state.

He said, “Doing business in Jos in the 80s and 90s was easier, but we have now accepted the negativity of conflict, and we need to turn that around, we have so much potentials, we need to bring that good feeling about Jos, we need a right leaders to make it happen,

“Let’s not bring politics about it, it is all of us, all the people living in Jos talk negative about Plateau, so we need to start saying some positive things about Jos, tell good stories about Plateau.” He concluded.

Chief executive officer of Jos Business school Ezekiel Gomos urge Youths to learn from the leadership qualities of Boer

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Motivational speaker tasks Plateau citizens on growing high value crops