From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna
Over 200 Women and Youths have been inaugurated under the Beekeepers Welfare Association Shika in the Giwa Local Government area of Kaduna State.
The association is an umbrella of the Beekeeping Extension Society, which sourced funding of $10,000 from the United Nations 1% development funds for 200 youths and women in the Shika community.
Speaking on the importance of the Beekeeping business, Malam Idris Mohammed Barau said “worldwide, Beekeeping is very good for our health.”
Barau charged members of the Warfare Association to embrace the Bee business.
Idris Barau said he wants to see his immediate community benefit from the training on how to commercialize their Bee business as a big venture.
The Institute for National Animal Production and Research Institute (NAPRI) Shika is in collaboration with the Bee Keeping Extension Society with support for land to place their honey production equipment.
Mal. Umar Farouq Idris, who is the Secretary of the Bee Keeping Extension Society, said more than 150 housewives, girls, and youths are participating in the program.
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