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Tallen tasks Miss Agriculture Nigeria Pageant team on agro-entrepreneurial business

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The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, has urged Agriculture Nigeria Pageant team to drive the attention of women, young girls and boys to agro-entrepreneurial business.

Tallen made the call on Friday in a statement by Olujimi Oyetomi, Director, Press & Public Relations, when the Miss Agriculture Nigeria Pageant team, an initiative of Cross River Government, paid her a courtesy visit in Abuja.

According to her, the agricultural enterprise development programme symbolised by the Pageant tallies with the Federal Government Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA), noting, “After air, food is a necessity for survival.”

Earlier, Christabel Eze, Miss Agriculture Nigeria pageant’s current Queen, said the Pageant needed the collaboration of the ministry to boost women and youths involvement in agro-business.

Eze appealed to the government to set up a Micro-Finance Bank, especially to aid “agro-preneurial” programme for women.
She disclosed that the forthcoming “Agro-preneurial” programme, was scheduled for Aug. 12, in Calabar.

The Miss Agriculture Nigeria Pageant Team comprises Christabel Eze; Queen of Food Security, Nigeria, Angel Ogar, Queen of Western Farmers and Oluwatobi Jennifer-Oluchi; Queen of Northern Farmers.

Others are Kurdan Naanpoe-Jemimah, Queen of Southern Farmers, Christy Anie and the Project Manager, Agbeje Angela.

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