In a strategic move towards food security and rural empowerment, the NNPC (Nigerian National Petroleum Company) Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of NNPC Limited, has flagged off a nationwide agricultural training programme designed to empower 6,000 vulnerable farmers across the six geopolitical zones with modern farming techniques.
The inaugural ceremony, held in Enugu State, one of the training locations, saw 1,000 smallholder farmers drawn from the five states of the South-East geopolitical zone benefiting from the scheme.
The training was officially opened by the Executive Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, who was represented by the Honourable Commissioner for Agriculture and Agro-Industrialisation, Hon. Patrick Ubru.
