From Okwe Obi, Abuja
The Global Youth Skills Acquisition and Poverty Eradication Organisation (GYSAPEO) has announced plans to empower 10 million farmers mostly at the grassroots, as part of its 2024 project.
GYSAPEO Founder, Emmanuel Chuks Ozegbe stated this on Monday at the unveiling of Project 2024 titled: ‘Prosperity Assured Economic Initiative’, in Abuja.
Ozegbe said the organisation would distribution fertiliser and seedlings to farmers at zero interest rate.
He explained that 95% of the food consumed in urban areas were produced in rural areas despite poor support.
“Now we want to get to the grassroots because 95% of the food we eat are grown in the rural areas. And these people at the grassroots are being marginalized in a way.
“It is not that the government is not doing the right thing, but when you go done to the grassroots you do not see anything. Some people say they are some middle men siphon the projects that are meant for the grassroots.
“We want to bridge that gap. We want to reach these people through cooperatives especially agricultural cooperatives. We have over 25,000 agricultural cooperatives societies in our bank that we have trained and mentored.
“So, this project is meant to take out 10 million households from poverty to prosperity.
“Also, we have a project called Your Future is Now, is targeted at the young people who are musicians or dancers. But that one will come later in the year.
Nigerians should expect prosperity in 2024,” he said.