By Nanji Nandang
Nigerian Senate on Thursday, charged the nation’s Youths to direct more energy in agriculture as it congratulates them for their resilience in contributing to National Development.
In felicitation of the 2021 International Youth Day, the senate in a statement by, its Chairman on Media and Public Affairs, Surajudeen Ajibola Basiru, describes the 2021 theme, “Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Plenary Health” as timely.
The statement reads, “The issues involved in this year’s theme are agriculture and sustainable food production, adequate provision and supply of water for agricultural purposes, especially when seasonal rainfall can no longer be adequate to meet agricultural needs and the effects of weather changes on plants due to climate change.
“Therefore, there must be deliberate efforts to produce larger volume of food to cater for the good health and well-being of not only the existing population but also to prepare and cater for future population increase,” it adds.
According to the statement, the senate said it will encourage the youth to come up with entrepreneurial schemes in order to improve water and food security through Innovations, direct involvement, determination and dynamism.
“Governments at all levels must also encourage such Youth entrepreneurship created around food supply, preservation and availability of adequate water, production of food choices that enhances good health and produce the energy needed to make people engage in productive ventures.”
As the senate applaud the youths for being strategic in securing National Food Chain, they urged Nigerians to actively partner with them so as to join the world global community to realise the importance of this year’s theme.
As we celebrate Nigerian youths in the different positive ways in which they have been, we must say that they are strategic to securing National Food Chain and should be active partners if the Nation will join the world global community to realise the importance of this year’s theme.
“In fact, our quest to attain the level already attained by the developed World is to focus on agriculture and sustainable food production, not only to meet our needs but also to export to the world at large. To fill this gap, all sectors, youths inclusive, must make major impacts in creative innovation, advocacy and improvements in Agriculture,” it says.
It is on this note that the Senate congratulates the teeming, strong, dynamic, forceful and energetic youths of this country on the celebration of the Youths Day while urging them to brace up to this vital sector.
