The South, West, East and North of Nigeria (SOWENON), a non-profit and humanitarian organization, has said it is targeting to create 2,000,000 jobs through Aquaculture for young Nigerians in the next four years across the country.
The Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of SOWENON, Dr. Samuel Jenfa, said this on Wednesday in Abuja at the inaugural of operations and inaugural media briefing of the forum.
Dr. Jenfa, represented by the Vice Chairman, Dr. Sunday Onuche, said that they are targeting 85,000 fish ponds around the country and are proposing 20 members in each cooperative group to have at least one fish pond to manage.
“As you all know that fisheries have a value chain and the feed millers will not be left out. Their businesses will be boosted because there is high demand for feed.
“In Agriculture, women in Nigeria constitute over 70 percent of the labor force. They are responsible for planting, harvesting and processing of farm produce for home use and for sale,” he said.
He said they will encourage them to take charge of their lives through participation in things that will promote their wellbeing.
He also said that through education they will be able to open their eyes to developmental issues about nation building as a means of discouraging them from engaging in negative tendencies that create a bad image for the country.
