A complete of three,110 graduates have utilized for the Younger Farmers Agricultural Revolution program of the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I Jibrin, within the seven North West states.
Underneath the Barau Initiative for Agricultural Revolution within the North West (BIARN), the Deputy President of the Senate is about to empower 558 younger farmers within the seven North West states. Purposes for the scheme, which was opened on March 7, 2025, closed on Friday, March 21, 2025.
This system, carried out in collaboration with the Bank of Agriculture (BOA), will see the profitable candidates obtain loans starting from N1 million to N5 million to spend money on farming this yr.
This initiative aligns with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR’s Renewed Hope Agenda, which goals to realize meals safety and create employment alternatives for the nation’s teeming youth.
A press release by the Particular Adviser to the Deputy President of the Senate on Media and Publicity, Ismail Mudashir, mentioned Kano which has 44 native authorities areas topped the chart of candidates with 998.
The state-by-state evaluation of the candidates confirmed that Jigawa got here second with 590, Katsina 455, Kaduna 397, Zamfara 240, Sokoto 221, and Kebbi got here final with 209.
After screening the purposes, profitable candidates will likely be contacted subsequent week through the contacts they offered of their varieties.
This system, chaired by Professor Bashir Mohammed Fagge, a professor of animal science, will likely be launched subsequent month forward of this yr’s farming season.
Three graduates will likely be chosen from every of the 186 native authorities areas within the seven states to take part in this system to domesticate rice or maize. In all, 558 graduates will likely be given the mortgage within the seven states.
The Deputy President of the Senate mentioned this system was conceived to revive the agricultural sector, the mainstay of the North’s economic system, consistent with President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda on meals safety.
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