Former President Olusegun Obasanjo will on Friday November 24 , chair the launching of Agro-Impact Projects Empowerment Initiative designed to improve the society through women and youth economic and job empowerment
The Project is an initiative of the University of Ibadan Women Society (UIWS) with a broad-based thematic ventures envisioned to enhance sustainable Agricultural value chains on a Non-Governmental Organization platform.
In a release signed by its Board of Trustees Chairperson, Prof. Janice Olawoye, “the launching, which Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has agreed to chair will take place in Trenchard Hall of the University of Ibadan by 9 am as we wish to create jobs for women and youth through capacity-enhanced Agric-business with special focus on cassava, maize, plantain, tomato and tree planting.
Before now, the UIWS ,under the leadership of the wife of the Vice Chancellor, Dr. Eyiwumi Olayinka, has produced prototypes of some of its initiatives including processed tomato and pepper paste, banana plantain , conducting various training programmes for different categories of people.
Dr.(Mrs) Olayinka led UIWS equally intends to explore value-addition chain by keying in into best practices that have been proven to have capacity to eradicate crop glut in the production and processing of agricultural crops, hence, the launching of the project.
