The Executive Secretary of the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA), Paul Ikonne has said that the Federal Government will employ some 4,000 persons returning from Internally Displace Persons (IDPs) camps in its integrated farm estate and fish villages in Borno State.
Ikonne disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja after he led a team from NALDA to inspect work on the projects in Borno.
He said the 100-hectare farm estate would create over 1,500 jobs for the residents, while the fish farms, about 40 in number, would engage over 2,500.
Ikonne said the integrated farm estate under construction in Jere Local Government Area of Borno state, would commence operation before the end of this year.
He said the facility would reinstate the IDPs as well as engage them in the entire agricultural value chain, providing them with the right environment to deliver agro products.
