Mr Keyamo said the administration was also committed to promoting a prosperous economy and providing employment.
Mr Buhari had unveiled the government’s plans to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty by 2030.
The training was to expose the participants to deep knowledge of rearing goats for income generation and employment generation.
“We are trying to arouse the interest of our youths to go into agriculture and its value chain. The first batch of recipients was empowered…”
Beneficiaries of the training are being given loan packages ranging between N60,000 and N500,000, says the NDE.
Participants were trained to “make business choices, write proposals and establish such businesses”.
Lawmakers urged the finance ministry to halt the disbursement of N52 billion earmarked for the programme in the 2020 fiscal plan.
