To advance youth empowerment and gender inclusion, a Non-governmental Organization, Thrive Agric has called for more empowerment initiatives to support small scale farmers, eradicate poverty, enhance development and improve food security.
This came to the fore at a one-day engagement meeting in Kaduna aimed at bringing up new approaches towards tackling unemployment and empowering women and youth to become self-reliant as well as improve the economy.
In a Key note address, one of the facilitators, Yazeed Mikail emphasized the need to empower youth and women on capacity building, inclusive framework as well as public awareness and campaign.
On his part, the Coordinator Thrive Agric, Mahmoud Shaho said the initiative is part of moves to help tackle unemployment and complement government’s efforts towards achieving economy development.
Some of the participants who spoke during the engagement noted that the programme is timely as it will give them the opportunity to be self-reliant.