Kaduna attracted $1bn agriculture investments in 8 years – El-Rufai

The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufa’I, has disclosed that the state has attracted $1 billion in investments in the agricultural sector in the last eight years.

Speaking at the flag-off of the YouWin Connect Aquaculture hub for the North West geopolitical zone at Maigana in Kaduna State yesterday, the governor further disclosed that through the federal government’s policy of diversifying Nigeria, the state has been generating many jobs.

Represented by the Commissioner of

Agriculture, Malam Husseini Ibrahim, he said more than 10, 000 citizens of the state have benefited from the FG-initiated APPEALS project.

On her part, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said “The YouWin Connect program is a multimedia-based Enterprise Education Innovation of the federal government implemented by the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning which supports young Nigerian entrepreneurs in line with our 2019 to 2023 key priority projects.”

Represented by the Director,

YouWin, Mr Dennis Chukwu, she said the initiative aims to address youth unemployment and job creation.

The Chairman of the Catfish Association of Nigeria, Kaduna State, Mahmud Aminu, pledged to extend the hub to each senatorial district in the country.

The Village Head of Tudun Saibu, Alhaji Kabiru Abdullahi, while commending the FG for the initiative, appealed to them to fix the dam that provides water for farmers in the area to further boost agriculture in the state and the country at large.