Kwara trains women, students in potato processing
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.
Makama Of Ilorin Zaratu Umar Valsolar Tinubu Legacy Forum Ogidi-Oloje Kwara Apc Isin Kwara Pdp New Model Police Station Aishat Mohammed Lawal Modibbo Kawu Bello Oyebanji Cornelius Adebayo Dairo Kunle Paul Halidu Danbaba Hauwa Nuru Sobi FM Olokoba Sulyman Kwara Restoration Project Samuel Adaramola Magaji Nda Amule Elementary School Ahmad Fatima Bisola Umar Ayinla Saro Forgo Battery Company Limited Wahab Femi Agbaje Yusuf Lanre Badmus Isiaka Oniwa PAACO-PCL Consortium Alfa Modibbo Belgore Idris Garba Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye Patigi Regatta Assayomo Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani Sango-UITH Road Abikan Bursary ENetSuD Toyin Saraki Special Adviser On Digital Innovation MINILS Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja Eruku Economic And Financial Crimes Commission Temi Kolawole Kwara Basketball Association Tosin Saraki IsDB Shade Omoniyi Adedipe Abdulrahman Abdulrasak Muhammed Akanbi Popo-Igbonna Dogara Adesoye Abdulquowiyu Olododo ANCOPPS Abdulwahab Oba Erin-ile Patience Jonathan Fatai Garuba Labaka Ilorin Airport NNPP David Oyedepo Arinola Fatimoh Lawal Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone Osuwa Funke Adedoyin Revenue Court Joshua Adeyemi Adimula KwaraLearn Otuka Baruba Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa Mahmud Ayinla Giwa Iliasu

