Nigeria, April 30 -- The Jigawa State Government has set aside N615 million for a youth empowerment initiative aimed at expanding date palm production across the state.

This was revealed by the Commissioner for Information, Youth, and Sports, Mr. Sagir Musa, during a media briefing held after the State Executive Council meeting on Wednesday.

Musa explained that the programme is designed to strengthen the agricultural value chain-specifically in date palm cultivation-while also generating jobs for thousands of young people in the state.

"The project is expected to engage youth for an intensive training on date palm cultivation, aimed at providing direct and indirect employment to 5,000 youths.

"This is part of Gov. Umar Namadi's admini...