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Senate President Launches Free Medical Outreach in Yobe Nigeria’s Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, on Saturday, Nov. 14 launched a free medical outreach for the treatment of eye-related diseases and other ailments at Gashua in Bade Local Government Area (LGA) of Yobe. Lawan said that the outreach was a necessary intervention for the residents of the area. “This medical outreach is in line with what we believe to be important and necessary as an intervention for our people who need either surgeries or general treatments to recover or improve their sights,’’ he said. He said 5,000 persons would be treated for eye-related ailments, while 6,000 others for hypertension, diabetes and other medical complications. The senate president pledged to construct students’ hostels, clinic, staff quarters and science laboratories at the Federal University, Gashua. Earlier, Professor Adamu Abdullahi, head of the medical outreach team, underscored the importance of the program. “You may not know the impact of this activity until you get to the people who are direct beneficiaries of the program,” Abdullahi said. “Majority of them are artisans and farmers, and for a lot of them, the problem had impacted on the quality of their lives. But today, this intervention will turn around their economic fortunes, some of them will be able to go and do their normal businesses.’’ Adamu Dagona, personnel and management director of Bade LGA, said the senate president’s interventions have gone beyond medical outreach to other spheres of human endeavor. Dagona said that the interventions had extended to scholarships, mass annual animal vaccinations, provision of educational facilities, healthcare services, electricity, water and sanitation, roads and youth empowerment. WI
caribbean now Jamaica’s Youth in Agriculture Policy Development Slated for in 2021 The proposed Youth in Agriculture Policy being developed by Jamaica’s Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is expected to be completed and launched in 2021. This was disclosed by Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Floyd Green (left), who said that a primary goal is earmarking at least 20 per cent of government-owned lands for agricultural use by young persons in the sector under age 35. “We expect that next year we will be able to [have a] policy that will outline the vision of the ministry in relation to the youth, regarding long-standing issues,” the minister said. He was speaking during the launch of the Youth in Agriculture Roadmap, at the ministry in Kingston on Thursday, Nov. 12. Noting that youth in the agriculture experience challenges accessing land, Mr. Green indicated that he has instructed officers at the ministry to take the necessary steps “to ensure that we have… government land… set aside for our young people”. “So while we finalize the development of the policy, I have already said to the team: ‘Let’s start acting upon [this undertaking] until we have the formal policy document,’” he added. Green advised that the ministry will be targeting lands held by the Sugar Company of Jamaica Holdings Limited and those in the agricultural parks to ensure that young people can access these. “It cannot be considered on the same parameter that you consider people outside of the youth population; so that land has to be set aside specifically for youth,” he added. WI
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