In line with Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu’s commitment to ensuring food security through improved production techniques, reducing unemployment, hunger and poverty while creating sustainable socioeconomic lives for the people of Lagos State, the Centre for Rural Development (CERUD) has trained 200 youths and farmers from Imota Local Council Development Area and Epe Local Government Area in fish production, management and processing.
Speaking at the event held on Thursday at the CERUD Office Complex, Igbodu, Epe, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Rural Development, Dr. Nurudeen Yekinni Lanre-Agbaje expressed the determination of the government to eradicate hunger and poverty in Lagos State through consistent training, retraining and empowerment of the youths, promising further necessary assistance to those who make good use of the empowerment materials given to them.
Speaking in a similar vein, the Director, CERUD, Mr. Musibau Muyiwa Balogun admonished participants to see the programme as a unique opportunity to gain knowledge from the expertise of the seasoned and experienced facilitators offered by the training to enhance their socioeconomic stability and to enjoy a more vibrant life and livelihood.
He stated further that a feedback mechanism has been put in place to determine the impact of the programme and to discover other levels of intervention that may be required in future.
Responding, some of the visibly elated participants were full of praise for Mr. Governor and his team for the uncommon gestures and promised to leverage on the knowledge gained to positively transform their lives and contribute meaningfully to the socioeconomic transformation of Lagos State.
The participants were taken through theoretical and practical sessions on fish breeding, hatching, production, management, harvesting and processing 50 beneficiaries each from Imota LCDA and Epe Local Government were later provided with fish tanks, fish kilns and fish feed.
