Mechanisation critical to attracting youths, empowering women in agriculture - Oluremi Tinubu

File: First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu

The First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has said empowering women and young Nigerians with the skills, tools and opportunities required for modern agriculture was critical to the future of the sector and the country’s food security.

She also commended the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security for launching the Agri360 Mechanisation Training Initiative aimed at empowering 5,000 women and youths across the country.

Tinubu, represented by the wife of the Vice President, Nana Shettima, spoke on Wednesday at the National Colloquium on the Role of Women and Youth in Advancing Agricultural Mechanisation in Nigeria and the unveiling of the initiative at the State House Banquet Hall, Abuja.

This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Special Adviser on Media and ICT in the office of the Vice President, Kwapchi Bata Hamman.