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.

Isiaq Khadeejah     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Elerinjare     Micheal Imoudu     Revenue Court     Mumeen Lah     Mary Arinde     VADA     S.O. Opowoye     Alapansapa     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Ibrahim Mohammed     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Osuwa     KW-GIS     Oke-Oyi     Oloriegbe     Bayo Onimago     CELF     Makama     JAMB     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     KWASSIP     Kayode Ishola     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Isiaka Abdulrazak     A.O. Belgore     Kola Olota     Oyelere Oyinloye     Local Government     Voices Of Tomorrow     Moronfoye     Salihu Ajia     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Alimi     Saeedat Aliyu     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     SSA Youth Engagement     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Bayo Ajia     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Kwara Central     Principal Private Secretary     Shonga Farm Project     Salman Jawondo     Binta Sulyman     Senate Presidency     T And K FOODS     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Tsaragi/Share     Timothy Akangbe     Solomon Edojah     Okin Group     Usman Yunusa     Yomi Adeboye     First Lady     Moses Rahman Popoola     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Sobi     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Lotus Bank     Hijaab     Oladimeji Thompson     Dan Masanin     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Baba Isale     SDP     Bola Magaji     Suleiman Idris     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Post Utme    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Gwanara     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Odolaye Aremu     Noah Yusuf     Musa Alhassan Buge     Transition Implementation Committee     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     Clara Nwachukwu     CBT     Niyi Osundare     Wale Oladepo     Durbar Festival     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Shettima Of Ilorin     Yaman     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Rafiu Ajakaye     Saadu Alanamu     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Abdulazeez Uthman     Kwara State Polytechnic     Balikis Jawondo     Tayo Alao     Kwara Hotel     Ileloke     Tafidan Kaiama     Share/Tsaragi     ER-KANG Mining     Ibrahim Mohammed     Babaita     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Taofeek Sanusi     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Saraki     Alloy Chukwuemeka     SWAN     Ibrahim Bio     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Adewuyi Funmilayo     NAWOJ     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Mumeen Lah     Daud Adeshola     Col. Adedipe     Saduki Lafiagi     Kayode Issa     Jalala     Joseph Offorjama     Madawaki     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Bolaji Aladie     Razak Atunwa     Aso Ofi     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Adeleke Ogungbe     Kwasu     Tope Daramola     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Moses Salami     Akeem Olatunji     Bilikisu Gambari     Kolo     Yusuf A. Usman     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Computer Based Test     Abubakar Atiku     Gabriel Fashanu     KWASAA     Ahmad Belgore     Shade Omoniyi     MalHub     Curfew     Kwarareports