The National School Agriculture Programme (NSAP) has been inaugurated in Plateau state, to train students who are interested in acquiring technical skills in agriculture.

NSAP is part of President Goodluck Jonathan’s Agricultural Transformation Agenda, aimed at building technical skills in students to run agriculture as a business.

The programme is also to equip school leavers with practical life skills to create jobs themselves, and enable youths develop a positive attitude towards agriculture.

Governor Jonah Jang, who launched the programme recently in Jos, said it would equip the students with more robust and scientific method of agriculture.

The National School Agriculture Programme (NSAP) has been inaugurated in Plateau state, to train students who are interested in acquiring technical skills in agriculture.

NSAP is part of President Goodluck Jonathan’s Agricultural Transformation Agenda, aimed at building technical skills in students to run agriculture as a business.

The programme is also to equip school leavers with practical life skills to create jobs themselves, and enable youths develop a positive attitude towards agriculture.

Governor Jonah Jang, who launched the programme recently in Jos, said it would equip the students with more robust and scientific method of agriculture.

Jang said the cumbersome traditional system of agriculture was fast giving way, and that the younger generation should be inculcated with new methods of doing things.

He applauded the determination of President Jonathan at ensuring that agriculture was given a new face in the country, more especially choosing Plateau among the 12 states that would be used for the pilot scheme.

“President Goodluck Jonathan has a big vision for this country, especially when it comes to agriculture.
“His vision is crystal clear owing to the various programmes that are being initiated with the sole aim of revamping and restrategising the agric sector for the good of all Nigerians.

“For us on the Plateau, we have long before now embraced this initiative because I believe so much in agriculture and that is why it is one of the cardinal agenda of my administration, “he said.

Jang, who was represented by Dr Paul Wai, his Education Commissioner, called on the various schools, teachers, parents, relevant agencies and groups to key into the programme with a view to making agriculture one of the major sources of revenue for the country.

Mrs. Serah Garba, the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) of NSAP in Plateau thanked Jang for ensuring that the programme was being expeditiously launched in the state, and explained that prior to the flag off, the state had already kicked-off the programme in three secondary schools with one sited in each of the three senatorial zones.

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