Why Operation Feed the Nation, Green Revolution failed – Jonathan.. While flagging off the National Schools Agriculture Programme, (NSAP) at the Banquet Hall of the State House, yesterday in Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan explained what led to the failure of “Operations Feed the Nation” and the “Green Revolution’ ’from making the desired impact on the food production in the country. According to him, the “Green Revolution” and Operation Feed the Nation” might have failed because they were not properly articulated. He said: “This is not just one of those programmes that we have been having. As a nation, we have had the Green Revolution programme launched, we participated in that. We also had Operation Feed the Nation. But at the end of the day, probably, it was not properly articulated, it just followed the political class and disappeared. Noting that the NSAP is aimed at developing a new generation of Nigerian youth agriculture enthusiasts, he said: “This programme is actually to make sure that our students will no longer take agriculture as a form of punishment in schools but they will see agriculture as a business and a way of making money.” He said that his administration was intent on making agriculture a very profitable business venture not only to make the nation food sufficient but to also tackle the challenges of youth unemployment. Stressing that the NSAP is expected to build a crop of Under-20 Nigerians adequately motivated and trained to live as great agriculture industrialists and enterprenuers, he listed some of Nigeria’s business and industrial moguls like Aliko Dangote and Tony Elumelu who are venturing into agriculture business. He said: “We need the Under-20s to link up with the Dangotes, Elumelus and other big Nigerian entrepreneurs. This is part of our strategy to tackle youth unemployment. We are developing agriculture Super Eagles.” Do you share in Kabiyesi s optimism? This has always been my problem with the Otuokean! How is he so sure that his NSAP or whatever he calls it will not go the way of Obasanjos OFN or Shagaris GR? Unlike OFN and GR, I hope the NSAP was properly articulated? That is the Otuokean for you. The ONLY leader in Nigeria who knows everything and who is richly blessed to right all the wrongs of his predecessors! Second base ojare! Na today??????
Posted on: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:31:23 +0000
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