Tor Tiv wants Benue youth to embrace modern agriculture
Tor Tiv, Orchivirgh, James Ayatse, paramount ruler of the Tiv nation, has resolved to work with relevant bodies and organisations to bring down the poverty level among his people and Benue State at large through modern farming techniques. Consequently, he visited South Africa recently andaddressed the summit on Agric Investment Indaba (AAII) 2017 on the topic: “Driving Economies of Scales to Ensure Sustainability and Competitiveness in Today’s Farming Environment” as exclusive VIP Guest Speaker. The Paramount ruler, who spoke with INDEPENDENT in Makurdi noted that while the summit would immensely benefit the Benue people whose mainstay is agriculture, said it would also address the issues of poverty, unemployment and insecurity. He stressed that he was not satisfied with the level of peasant agriculture being practiced by the Tiv people “because it has not been able to take us out of poverty.” Ayatse further said the “Poverty index in Tiv nation and Benue at lar...