87 Lagos farmers get N11.4m agric grant
Farmers in Lagos State, numbering 87, on Monday, received a total of N11.4m agricultural grant under the Lagos chapter of the Renewed Hope Initiative 2025 Agricultural Support Programme of the Federal Government.
While 27 out of the 87 were in the youth and women category with a grant of N200,000 each with farming inputs to enhance their productivity, 60 others were selected from the senatorial districts of the state, with each beneficiary receiving N100,000 under the Every Home A Garden 2.0.
The beneficiaries involved individuals in various agricultural products such as fisheries, vegetables, garri processing, poultry, beekeeping, and zobo drink processors.
As a way of encouraging youth to go into agriculture, 120 students chosen from 24 schools across the six education districts, with five students each from junior and senior schools, would partake in the agricultural project.
Speaking at the presentation of cheques to the beneficiaries and the official launch of the 2025 RHI-ASP at the Lagos House, Ikeja, the wife of the governor, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, commended the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security for supporting the initiative with N60m.
She noted that the initiative comprised four core components, which are the Women Agricultural Support Programme, Youth Agricultural Support Programme, Every Home a Garden and Young Farmers Club, all of which were being launched.
She added that the initiative had reawakened consciousness, especially among women and youth, for them to embrace agriculture as a sustainable means of livelihood and further boost the nation’s food security.
She further said the launch of the programme was done simultaneously across the 36 states of the federation.
“For me, the Lagos story is changing, and it is changing for the best. We will build a Lagos where no one goes to bed hungry, a Lagos where our women and youth are financially independent.
“Agriculture is not just our heritage, it’s our future. Let us remember that the food we eat starts with us,” Sanwo-Olu’s wife said.
The wife of the Deputy Governor, Oluremi Hamzat, described the initiative as a way to grow household food production.
She said the state was “witnessing a new wave of opportunities” and urged the beneficiaries to “plant the seed with care.”
An experienced farmer, Femi Ojelade and the Lagos State Coordinator from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Omolara Oguntuyi, urged the youth to embrace agriculture as the future.
They also emphasised the importance of organic farming.
