SENATOR representing Oyo South Senatorial District in the upper chamber of the National Assembly, Senator Kola Balogun has called on youths across the country to embrace training skills in agriculture, noting that agric-preneurship is the most viable alternative to dwindling and non-existing white-collar jobs.
He made the call during the closing ceremony of a three-day agriculture training and empowerment programme for youths selected from the senatorial district.
The programme, second of such facilitated by Senator Balogun within the year, was recently held at the Institute of Agriculture Research and Training (IAR&T), Moor Plantation, Ibadan.
The senator noted that the white-jobs are no more available, and urged youths to embrace agriculture and its value chains as a means of earning a good living.
Senator Balogun was represented at the closing ceremony by the Head of Administration of his office, Alhaji Adebayo Aruna and two other staff members, Dr Hamzat Kayode and Mr Adeniyi Ajani.
Alhaji Aruna disclosed that the three-day programme was specifically designed to meet the areas of needs of the beneficiaries in accordance with the peculiarities of their different local government areas within the senatorial district.
“I will urge you, the participants at this training and empowerment programme not to take it for granted. There is less and less of white-collar jobs in the various parts of the country,” he noted.
“The truth is that there are no more jobs to day. What you learnt in the last three days is what money cannot buy. Please don’t play with what you learnt.
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