WATEA Programme: Oyo-French Initiatiave to empower 250 youths
Governor Seyi Makinde and French Delegates on Monday 8th July,2024 By Oyo State has been selected among states to benefit in the Women in Agricultural Technical Education and Apprenticeship (WATEA), which intends to train youths and women in agriculture as well as provide them with apprenticeship opportunities in the private sector. Director-General of the Oyo State Agribusiness Development Agency (OYSADA), Dr Debo Akande, disclosed this on Monday, when the state governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, received the Regional Agriculture Counsellor, Benin Republic, Cameroon, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria and Togo, Dr Sonia Darracq and the Head of Capacity Development Office, WATEA Coordinator, Mrs Zaina Sore, in Ibadan. According to Akande, the French Government has offered to support the state government in addressing the gap existing in agribusiness in terms of skills and competencies. He added that the WATEA team has been working with the Oyo State College of Agricultural Technology (OYSCATECH),...