Nafisa Umar-Hassan, a female National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) member who is serving in Batagarawa LGA, Katsina State has trained 20 women on poultry farming and feed production as part of her Community Development Service (CDS).
Prof. Ahmed Bakori, the state Commissioner for Agriculture and Livestock Development at the graduation of the women in Katsina on Saturday commended her for training the women on best agronomic practice in poultry production, management, and market linkages.
In the same vein, Malam Mohammed Bello, the state Coordinator of the Fadama Project said the support was a collaboration between the NYSC member and his office because the initiative “is in line with the project’s objectives,” he explained
Alhaji Sa’idu Ibrahim, the NYSC Coordinator in the state also commended the corps member for her ingenuity and thoughtfulness to embark on such a project highlighting that Nafisa Umar-Hassan had previously drilled a borehole at Dan-Shirwa community, in Charanchi LGA, donated 50 mattresses each to the Primary Health Centres in Kaita, Batagarawa and Rimi LGAs, donated uniforms to 100 students at Batagarawa Primary School and provided streetlight to a Tsangaya School in Katsina,”
The NYSC Coordinator called on other NYSC members to emulate her by executing community-oriented projects in their various host communities with an appeal to the state and local government officials, NYSC members employers, philanthropists and other well meaning individuals in the community to always support the NYSC members.
The Coordinator further thanked the state government and the Batagarawa LGA, as well as the Commissioner for Agriculture for their supports.
Nafisa Umar-Hassan on her own part explained that her NYSC journey has really exposed her to so many lifestyles of the people of her host community and the state in general.
She commended women for their commitment, saying, ”they hardly take decisions without the permission of their husbands.
“After creating awareness among the women, I was able to convince 20 of them who actually participated in the training on best agronomic practice in poultry production, management and market linkages.
“I am assuring you that each of the women can now produce feed to start a poultry farm,” the corps member said.
She said that each of them has been provided with a plastic drinker, a bag of feed, a feeding tray, 25-day old chickens and varieties of drugs for poultry production and sustenance.
According to her, with the support of the state Commissioner for Agriculture, other executive council members and philanthropists, she was able to raise funds to provide the required materials for the empowerment.