State government will train youths and help them start up fish farms
Dr. Wale Bolorunduro, the Osun State Commissioner for Finance, Economic Planning and Budget has revealed that the state government will spend over N27 million on the first stage of its fish farming project.
Speaking to journalists in Oshogbo on Thursday, he added that the state government was partnering with Messrs Kayo Lad Nigeria Ltd. to tap the full potential of the fishery business billed in Odo-Otin Local Government Area.
Bolorunduro said the state government had also concluded plans to train a large number of cadets from its Youth Empowerment Scheme (OYES), who would thereafter be supported to establish their own sustainable fish farms.
The commissioner expressed hope that besides job creation, the initiative would complement the activities of OYES aimed at eradicating poverty.
