Following the rate of unemployment in the country, a non- governmental organization (NGO), The Youths Off the Street Initiative, has taken it upon itself to create one million jobs with a target of 350million dollars Investment in agriculture within three years.

The President of the NGO, Kennedy Iyere, disclosed this during a two day programme tagged: Nigerian Agri-Food Investment Forum which held in Lagos had in attendance Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwanu Akiolu, Etsu Nupe, Alhaji (Dr) Yahaya Abubakr,United States Consul General to Nigeria, John Bray, Emir of Gummi, Justice (Dr) Lawal Hassan and other in attendance.

Iyere said the need to eradicate Extreme Poverty and engage the youths productivity gave birth to the idea of Food Production and agricultural investment.

“The Agri-food investment program is actually driven by the civil society local and internationally to scale up investment in agriculture and food production as a way of empowering agricultural revolution in Nigeria because once you are able to do that it opens doors to mass employment. That will help create sustainable income strings for not just young people but for families and communities and once that is achieved, extreme poverty gets eradicated” said Iyere