The Tinubu administration just rolled out an urban farming training scheme in Lagos through presidential aide Yejide Ogundipe, teaming up with UNESCO REF and the Police Officers' Wives Association. The whole thing connects to a 500 billion naira fund from the Produce for Lagos initiative that kicked off earlier this year, and participants apparently get paid every couple of weeks from their harvest sales. Ogundipe said the program backs female farmers as critical players in keeping the country fed.
UNESCO REF head Abdulsalami Ladigbolu-Oranmiyan made it clear that this is capacity building rather than handouts, claiming it will eventually spread nationwide. Lagos POWA chair Risqat Jimoh mentioned trainees get Tier 2 certificates that score their kids discounted spots in future ag programs, plus everyone walks away with starter seeds to actually begin growing stuff immediately.
They want to hit 120,000 women across Lagos local governments next year. Partners backing the project are NIHORT, IAR&T, The Lichfield, Op3n Labs USA, and Women's Space USA.
UNESCO REF head Abdulsalami Ladigbolu-Oranmiyan made it clear that this is capacity building rather than handouts, claiming it will eventually spread nationwide. Lagos POWA chair Risqat Jimoh mentioned trainees get Tier 2 certificates that score their kids discounted spots in future ag programs, plus everyone walks away with starter seeds to actually begin growing stuff immediately.
They want to hit 120,000 women across Lagos local governments next year. Partners backing the project are NIHORT, IAR&T, The Lichfield, Op3n Labs USA, and Women's Space USA.
