On Monday, President Bola Tinubu stated that the Federal Government was working with international partners to give young Nigerians the tools they need to become financially independent and ensure the security of their food.
Tinubu made the announcement at the beginning of the Renewed Hope Agricultural Mechanization Programme in Abuja on Monday, when he also inaugurated 2,000 cutting-edge tractors and over 9,000 specialized farm implements.
He claimed that his administration’s reforms were intended to improve the appeal of farming to young Nigerians.
INCLUDE Tinubu claims that we are making farming more sexy for young people.
We have more than 2,000 modern tractors, 50 bulldozers for preparing land for industrial use, 12 fully equipped mobile workshops, and 9,000 plus specialized farming equipment.
When used, this equipment will give our young people more opportunities for employment, employment, and sexiness in farming.
A 21st-century agricultural farming implement doesn’t need to be produced using an 18th-century method, he said.
He explained that the strategy of his administration included year-round cultivation, significantly reducing Nigeria’s seasonal shortages.
We have friends all over the world, Tinubu once said. Belarus has pledged to work with us to empower our youths, teach them how to do things, get them off the streets, educate them in technology, review mechanization, and train them in making repairs and fabrications.
The country will benefit greatly from the distribution of this equipment. We must make the most of the opportunity to become completely independent of agriculture and ensure food sovereignty given our country’s arable land and favorable climate. ”
He urged everyone who received this equipment to make the most of it.
We’ll collaborate with you, promise; We’ll keep you accountable and keep you accountable at various locations.
Let history record this day as the start of Nigeria’s agricultural revival, where modern technology and our farmers’ legendary resilience combine to achieve unmatched prosperity, he continued.
Senator Abubakar Kyari, the minister of agriculture and food security, claimed the plan was in line with the president’s call for urgent and creative action, putting agriculture firmly in the spotlight of the renewed hope agenda initiative’s goal of economic revival, job creation, and social stability.
He claimed that the machinery would transform the agricultural landscape of Nigeria.
Mr. Food security is national security, according to President Obama.
It is heartening to acknowledge Mr. Under this administration, four ambitious mechanization initiatives were instituted in response to President Obama’s renewed hope agenda on mechanization. The John Deere Tractorization Programme, Greener Hope Project, Green Imperative Program, and the Belarus Project, which we are launching today, are just a few examples.
Aliyu Abdullahi, the agriculture minister, stated that the 0. He claimed that the current mechanization level in the nation, which was 27 horsepower per hectre, would be almost 2 . With the mechanized scheme, the horsepower per hectre is 5 horsepower.
The minister remarked, ” This particular program stands out because it was created with the intention of lowering the country’s low mechanization rate.
