Engineer ‘Seyi Makinde’s government in Oyo State through the Agribusiness Development Agency (OYSADA) has commenced the distribution of the biometric cards for members of the Youth Entrepreneurship In Agribusiness Project (YEAP) across all the 33 local government areas in the state.
The biometric card in agribusiness according to Director General of the Agency, Dr. Debo Akande is to remove the usual fraudulent act that has perpetuated agricultural sector for several years.
He stated that Oyo State government through OYSADA is piloting the digitalization of agriculture through development of the database of farmers including YEAP members across all the 33 local government areas in the state.
Akande said that the development is part of the state residence biometric system and could be further use to access state benefit require in modern agriculture such as health scheme, agri finance among others.
Similarly, no fewer than 30 farmers in Iseyin Local Government area have received farm assets including 20 knapsack sprayers with protective kits for 10 YEAP members that are into cassava and maize farming.
Also benefited were 10 livestock farmers, who went home with a sheep and ram totaling 20 and another 10 farmers who are into cassava and maize farming collected a maize thresher machine for ease of doing their businesses.
While in Kajola and Saki East Local Governments,20 livestock farmers including YEAP members shared 200 point of lay birds, another 37 farmers specializing in cassava farming collected a casava greater and cassava presser machines, knapsack sprayers and protective kits to boost their farming activities.
Also in ATISBO local government Tede, 20 local farmers were given mechanical weeder machines to enhance their crop productions.
Speaking shortly after the distributions of the farm assets, the Executive Chairperson of Saki East, Alhaja Rahamat Mosunmade, who received the Oyo State N-CARES and OYSADA delegate in her officer alongside the Head of Local Government Administrative, Alhaji Jubril Alaga, the Super for Agric, Mr. Kayode Ogunyale, the Director of Agric, Alhaji Bashiru Ibrahim and the Chief of Staff, Alhaji Abdullah Najeem, commended the state governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde over the OYSADA, N-Cares farmers intervention project.
She noted that the people of Saki East who are predominantly farmers really appreciate the kind gesture of the governor.
Alhaja Mosunmade, however, appealed to the beneficiaries of the farm assets to make good use of the assets given to them for the advancement of their farm inputs.
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