In a bid to boost food production and wealth creation in the state and country at large, a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), serving in Ebonyi State, Mr Godshield Kanjal, has implemented the one-man-one-hectre agriculture programme initiated by the Governor of Ebonyi State, Governor David Umahi. He said he took to farming to

Mr Kanjal, who spoke to CEOAfrica’s source the Sun, in Abakaliki, noted that agriculture has become the lifeline for the nation at this period of dwindling oil revenue. He said he keyed into the farming initiative for the period of his one-year compulsory service to fatherland and took to rice farming.

The corps member advised young graduates to shift their thinking from seeking unavailable white-collar jobs, adding that graduates rather, should venture into entrepreneurship by acquiring skills related to agriculture. He further pleaded with the government to empower out-going corps members with ‘take-home-grant’ to enable them to be self-reliant and independent after the service year.