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FG Flags Off Graduate Farmers Empowerment Scheme In Nasarawa

The Federal Government has flagged off the graduate/farmers empowerment scheme in Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.

The scheme is flagged of at the Doma irrigation dam project that has not been into used for over three decades.

The scheme which is in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Lower Benue River Basin Development Authority is aimed at turning graduates into entrepreneurs so as to improve food production in the country.

Flagging off the scheme, the Minister of Water Resources,  Suleiman Adamu says the government will provide the graduates with finance and technological know how to get the programme going.

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