Taraba Governor Tasks Youths On Fish Farming | Tellwell Newspaper | Tellwell Newspaper
Tellwell Newspaper, Abuja – Nigeria:
From Godwin Agia, Jalingo
Governor Darius Dickson lshaku of Taraba state has charged Taraba youths to invest massively in fish farming to boost the economy of the state.
The governor was speaking at the commissioning of an ultra modern office complex in the state capital Jalingo.
The complex comprises Aquaculture Center, Soil/crops Laboratory, a borehole and a Power Generating Plant at the premises of the State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Governor Ishaku observed that the engagement of youths in fish farming would go along way in reducing criminal activities in the state.
He charged the ministry to guide and protect the facility and train youth to become adept in technology-based fish farming.
He observed that the office complex would boost the performance of staff of the ministry as well as increase the internally generated revenue of the ministry and state.
Speaking at the occasion, the permanent secretary in charge of the ministry, Yusuf Usman Gadi, commended Governor lshaku and the Federal Government for focussing their attention on agricultural production for food sufficiency in the country.
