The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in collaboration with Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) Startimes, Radio, Television and Theatre Workers Union of Nigeria (RATTAWU) and other Stakeholders would commence an Agricultural reality show called NAIJA FARMER. The Naija Farmer Reality show is a youth empowerment project aimed principally to transform unemployed Nigeria youths to Employers of labour.
The project would create over 1 Million Agribusiness owners within 10 years and by extension lift over 20 Million youths out of poverty in the next decade, pursuant to the President Muhammadu Buhari’s pledged to lift Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years. All participants would receive Seed Capital from the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) and other financial institution to establish Smallholder Agribusiness after the extensive training on television.
Beneficiaries will also become celebrities and supermodels for upcoming farmers and Nigerian youths. The Maiden edition of Naija Farmer reality show would include 21 Housemates selected from the Six Geopolitical zones of the country at a located Naija Farmer House in Abuja. It would be a – 24-hour Reality Show on Channel 140 of Startimes Bouquet already being test run. The channel would in addition showcase a 24-hour Reality Entertainment and progress made in the Agricultural Sector.
The Naija Farmer Reality show would commence officially on 29th November 2020 on Channel 140 of Startimes Bouquet.
How do I participate in the programme
This is a good idea and we youth will be happy to be employers not employees
And my question here is when things are ready how can someone be part of the beneficiaries
Interested as an extentional agent from sokoto State,Rabah local government.
What is the selection process, am in
How do I qualify as a house mate
How can I participate?
A very good initiative by Mr. President.We believe this we go along way in reducing the unemployment problem and hunger challenge by the citizenly.
May I be amongst the first batch.
How do I get to participate?
Iam a graduate of fisheries and Aquaculture
How can the youths register and participate for this programme?.
How was these 21 housemates selected across the geopolitical zones and when will the next program take place to enable some of us apply early.
Awesome! This will be highly effective. Always worry why efficient agric info is not widely informed. I read news every morning and haven’t come across this all while till this close time. Passionate agriculturists like myself are out there to have proposed to be engaged in the selection process due to confident proficiency but we are not aware.
All in all, this is cool and we await the broadcast to be widely spread to all media views.
Nice program on TV shows. How I wish real farmers are able to watch the show series when it commences. But not possible because real farmers have no access to adequate power supply, most of them have no television not to talk of having decoders.
I suggest we should also have this type of program on radios at least some of us have access to radios.
One of the reasons why most agricultural funds and grants are not getting to real farmers. Let us work on effective means of information dissemination to the targeted audience
I really have interest to participate in this program.
It’s a good innovation program from Federal ministry of Agriculture and will be glad to be among the participants and a graduate of Agriculture.