SOBAI trains 837 youths for Abuja, set 20 million target by 2030
- The Seyi Tinubu Operation Back to Agriculture Initiative don train 837 out of 1,121 students wey register for dia Kubwa centre for Abuja.
- Coordinator Emmanuel Bidi talk say dem don train 64,734 youths wit Praise Agrovet across six states since dem start.
- Di group also announce target to mobilise five million votes for President Tinubu in 2027, call am goal, no be guarantee.
Eight hundred and thirty-seven young people don finish agricultural training for di Kubwa centre of di Seyi Tinubu Operation Back to Agriculture Initiative (SOBAI) for Federal Capital Territory, di group talk am for one induction ceremony for Abuja.
According to SOBAI National Coordinator, Emmanuel Bidi, 1,121 people register for di Abuja programme and 837 finish am. Di graduates dey wait for support to set up dia own farms and agribusinesses.
Bidi talk say di aim no be just to teach skills but to help people build businesses wey go employ odas and add to di country food supply. Di training cover poultry, fish farming, goat rearing and oda parts of di agricultural chain.
He talk say SOBAI, working wit Praise Agrovet, don train and empower 64,734 young people since e start, across FCT, Nasarawa, Niger, Kogi, Benue and Kano states.
Big plans, and a political target
Di group want set up 34 training centres wit courses wey National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) accredit. E talk say e hope to reach 20 million Nigerian youths by 2030.
E also plan free training every quarter and branded farms for all 36 states, wey go serve as research, training and industrial attachment sites, including for members of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
Bidi stress say good animal feed, veterinary products and skilled workers dey needed to keep livestock healthy and farms productive.
For di same event, he announce say SOBAI dey target five million votes for President Bola Tinubu re-election in 2027. He talk say di group go use dia youth networks and grassroots reach, alongside City Boy Movement and oda support groups, to mobilise support.
He careful to add say di five million figure na mobilisation goal, no be guaranteed result, and say voting remain each citizen personal choice. He talk say di group programmes go run according to law.
Bidi ask government agencies, private investors, community leaders and youth groups to back agricultural training, and urge young Nigerians to see farming as way to jobs and income.
He talk say SOBAI success go depend on how well e deliver, how transparently dem run am, and on partnerships and lawful political activity.
Wetin happen next
Di 837 graduates now dey wait for di empowerment support wey di group promise. Whether dem go deliver di training centres, state farms and di 20 million target go be di real test of di plan.
