Oyo State government has approved 1.2 million dollars for the commencement of the “Start Them Early Programme”, STEP, an agribusiness initiative in six selected secondary schools across the state.
The Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Akinola Ojo stated this while briefing newsmen after the weekly executive council meeting.
According to the Commissioner, STEP is an intervention programme in a unique approach that would encourage secondary schools students to explore potentials in agribusiness and prepare them for various agric-value chain.
Mr Ojo said the state government is working closely with the International Institute Tropical Agriculture to engage more students in Oyo state on the STEP initiative.
The commissioner added explained that six identified schools would be upgraded by Oyo state government to kick start the STEP agribusiness programme.
Iyabo Adebisi
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