Kwara trains women, students in potato processing

Date: 2022-11-23

The Kwara State Government, in conjunction with the Agricultural Development Project have trained over 40 women and students on the processing of sweet potatoes into confectionaries.

The one-day training workshop, held at the Ministry of Agriculture Headquarters in Ilorin, Kwara State on Wednesday, had in attendance the principal officers of the ministry, nutritionists, students and staff of the Ministry of Agriculture and ADP.

Declaring the workshop open, the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mallam AbdulLateef Alakawa, said the training would add value to the state government's programmes on food security.

While appreciating the organisers of the workshop, the commissioner, who was represented by the Director of Agriculture Services, Alhassan Mohammed, disclosed that the present administration would spare no efforts at ensuring availability of nutritious food and wellness of the people in the state.

He explained that the training would further help in eradicating poverty especially among women and youths in the state.
In her opening remarks, the Managing Director, KWADP, Dr. Khadijat Ahmed, disclosed that the training was conceptualised to address the prevalence issue of malnutrition in the country.

Ahmed, who is also a nutritionist, identified deficiency of vitamins in the body system as the major cause of blindness.

She appealed to well meaning individuals, corporate organisations, non-governmental organisations, and government at all levels to join the campaign against malnutrition in the country.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Yusuf Lanre Badmus     Woro     COVID-19 Palliatives     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Akume     Ejidongari     Amos Sayo     Saka Adeyemo     Ojo Isekuse     Bamikole Omishore     Yakubu Gobir     Henry Makinwa     Post-utme     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     Obayomi Azeez     Salihu S. Yaru     David Adesina     Balogin Alanamu     Florence Saraki     Ajayi Okasanmi     Kumbi Titiloye     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Idris Garuba     Idowu Aremu     Bature Bello     Kisra     Tsaragi/Share     Saliu Oluwole     Ali Ahmad     Oko-Erin     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Fulani     MalHub     Pius Abioje     Sayomi     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Abubakar Imam     Elekoyangan     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Durosinlohun Atiku     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Saka Abimbola Isau     Adesoye College     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     KWACOBPA     Oba Abdulrahim     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Tunji Oyawoye     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Face Masks     Magaji Nda     Femi Agbaje     Isiaq Khadeejah     Talaka Parapo     New Naira Notes     Ilorin Curfew     Raymond Olaitan     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Femi Ogunsola     Peter Obi     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Yusuf Lawal     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Dan-Kazeem     Olaiya Lawal     Olupako Of Share     Sobi Specialist Hospital    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abdulkareem Alabi     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Tunde Saad     Rueben Parejo     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Wahab Egbewole     Sabi     Makama Of Kaiama     Seed Technologies     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Kehinde Baale     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     NITDA     Sola Saraki University     Okoolowo     SGBN     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     NTA Ilorin     Sa\'adu Gambari     Abraysports FC     John Kehinde Salako     CT Ayeni     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Kola Ologbondiyan     Garba Idris Ajia     Maryam Nurudeen     2017 Budget     Kishira     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Nupe     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Wole Oke     Ogidi-Oloje     Innocent Okoye     Olaosebikan     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Amina El-Imam     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Council Of The Wise     Maja     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     GRA     Yetunde Balogun     Omar Gambari     Federal Polytechnic Offa     NSCIA     Jamiu Oyawoye     Shonga     Saka Adeyemo     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Kwabes     Yashikira     Kwarareports     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Eghe Igbinehi     Okala Baba     Salihu Ajia     UTME     Ayo Adeyemi     Yakub Lai Gobir     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Ajikobi     Yusuf Abdulwahab     CCB     Sidikat Akaje     Isiaka Gold     FOMWAN     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Abiodun Oyedepo     Sulaiman Gado     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Ahmed \'Lateef     Lawan     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Oba Of Jebba