Recently updated on October 24th, 2022 at 04:25 pm
The Central Committee of the Nigeria Agriculture Awards (NAA), has awarded cash prizes to winners of the Youth Project and Essay Competition at De-Renaissance Hotel, Alausa-Ikeja, Lagos.
Organised by AgroNigeria in May this year, the objective of the initiative was to crystallise the interest of young Nigerians towards agriculture for the overall development of the nation.
Delivering the opening remarks, the CEO, AgroNigeria, Richard-Mark Mbaram, said:
“The youths are the missing link to the value chain in the agricultural sector in Nigeria.
We have people doing great in the agric sector and we came up with a way of rewarding them through the Nigeria Agriculture Awards. This youth component is aimed at Building a Crop of Young Agroprenuers.”
The winners of the NAA Youth Essay and Project Competition are as follows:
Team Smart Farms, Mamud Abdulrasaq, Balogun Idris Abayomi, and Yusuf Yusuf Falawiyo, emerged as the ₦1 million winner of the Youth Project Competition.
Team Digital, Ogunbiyi Yusuf Gbenga, Salawu Saheed, and Abiodun Ogundijo, emerged as the first runner with ₦500,000.
Team Unilag, Adoh Tobechukwu, Moses Adeyemo Seun, and Bamidele Wilson, emerged as the second runner up with ₦250,000.
Ndebilite Amarachi, an SSS 3 student, emerged the winner of the NAA Youth Essay Competition with ₦250,000.
