Calabar – No fewer than 40 youths that underwent agricultural training at Songhai Farms in Abi Local Government Area of Cross River have been advised to quickly register their agricultural business ventures.
The Speaker of Cross River House of Assembly, Mr John Lebo, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on Sunday.
Lebo, who represents Abi state constituency told the youths that they needed to do so to be able to access the N96 million World Bank agriculture loan to the state.
He said that each beneficiary would be given N2.4 million under the World Bank Youth and Women Empowerment Scheme in the state.
The speaker, who is the guarantor to the 40 beneficiaries, said that the loans would be disbursed to them in the first week of August.
He further promised to recommend them for similar loans in future if they made judicious use of the funds.
Lebo also advised unemployed youths in the state to endeavour to undergo training at the South-South Entrepreneurship Development Centre, Calabar.
The speaker said that the training was necessary for the youths so as to get them fully prepared for business. (NAN)