The federal authorities has introduced plans to coach 819 tractor operators and mechanics on the Agricultural Mechanics and Equipment Operators Coaching Centre (AMMOTRAC) in Akure and Misau.
Temitope Fashedemi, Everlasting Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Meals Safety, shared this growth on Wednesday throughout a stakeholders’ workshop in Abuja, targeted on reviewing the draft nationwide agricultural mechanisation coverage doc.
In accordance with Mr. Fashedemi, the draft coverage goals to foster an atmosphere conducive to mechanisation progress whereas constructing capability for coaching, analysis, and technological development.
Represented by Ibrahim Tanimu, the ministry’s Director of Planning and Coverage Coordination, Mr. Fashedemi defined that the deliberate coaching program would supply members, significantly youths and girls, with complete information and sensible abilities in working agricultural equipment.
Emphasizing the importance of the mechanisation coverage, he reiterated the federal government’s dedication to completely implementing the coverage as soon as accepted by the Nationwide Meeting.
“The coaching may also deepen their information and supply sturdy floor in agricultural mechanisation know-how with wonderful sensible expertise,” he stated.
Mr. Fashedemi expressed appreciation to President Bola Tinubu for the Renewed Hope Agenda, aimed toward revitalising mechanisation by partnerships with Authentic Gear Producers (OEMs) like John Deere/Tata, Belarus Tractor, the Greener Hope Initiative Programme, and the Inexperienced Crucial Programme (GIP).
He famous that OEMs are set to produce 32,500 items of tractors with numerous implements and equipment over the subsequent 5 years.
“It will present the fulcrum and stimulate the youths and girls into agricultural manufacturing in Nigeria,” he stated.
Frank Kudla, Chairman of the committee drafting the coverage, expressed optimism that the coverage doc would information efforts to remodel Nigeria’s agricultural sector.
“Agriculture, as we all know, is the spine of our economic system. It employs a good portion of our inhabitants and is crucial to the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of Nigerians. Nonetheless, the standard strategies which have served us properly up to now now require a metamorphosis to fulfill the calls for of a quickly rising inhabitants,” he stated.
