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       Abia Governor Wants NYSC’s Involvement in Agric Revolution
   DIR By: Eda
       Date: June 16, 2016, 11:10 am
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       The Governor of Abia State Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has advocated the
       engagement of the National Youth Service Corps to drive the
       Federal Government’s policy on agricultural rejuvenation.
       He was speaking today, when the NYSC Director-General, Brigadier
       General Suleman Kazaure, paid him a courtesy visit at the
       Government House, Umuahia.
       He pointed out that one of the ways to maximize the country’s
       potentials in agriculture was to channel the energy of the
       youths towards the sector.
       Governor Ikpeazu averred that the level of education of Corps
       members would make them have better understanding of issues and
       practices in agriculture.
       The Governor, who spoke of the state’s Senatorial multi-skills
       centre in Aba, with more to come on stream in other Senatorial
       zones, assured that the state government would give Corps
       members opportunity to learn vocational skills in the centres.
       He lauded the contributions of the NYSC to national unity and
       development and, especially, its role in the successful conduct
       of the 2015 general elections.
       Ikpeazu also used the occasion to preach peace and unity among
       Nigerians.
       “We should reflect on those things that unite us rather than
       what divides us,” he said.
       He assured that the state government would intervene in the
       various challenges confronting the NYSC Scheme in the state.
       Earlier, the NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Suleman
       Kazaure had enumerated pressing needs of the Scheme in the state
       to include control of erosion problem, total renovation of
       female hostels and provision of additional boreholes in the
       orientation camp as well as payment of state subvention to the
       NYSC State Secretariat.
       Kazaure, however, acknowledged the renovation works already
       carried out in the camp and the planned renovation of the State
       Coordinator’s residence.
       He thanked the state government for its support to the NYSC
       while also calling for the strengthening of the existing cordial
       relationship between them.
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