"From 6 Staff to 3,000": Nigerian Youth Shows Off Big Fish from His Farm, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Celebrates Him
- Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the director general of the World Trade Organisation, has shared an inspiring photo of a Nigerian youth who is a fish farmer
- According to her, the young man, Ahmed Sani Nnaji, was one of those who won the YouWin empowerment program of the Goodluck Jonathan administration
- Dr Iweala revealed that Ahmed has gone from a meagre six staff in the beginning to employing as many as 3,000 people in his farm in Nasarawa state
A Nigerian youth who started his farm with just six staff now employs as many as 3000 people in the facility located in Nasarawa state.
According to a photo shared by the director general of the World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the man named Ahmed Sani Nnaji benefited from the YouWin program of the Goodluck Jonathan administration.
Source: Twitter
From 6 staff to employing 3000 people
Dr Iweala shared a photo of her and Ahmed. In the photo, the young man was clutching a big catfish that he grew on his farm located in Nasarawa state.
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Dr Iweala wrote:
"With 2014 YouWin Winner Ahmed Sani Nnaji. Holding an 8kg+ naturally grown catfish from his farm in Nassarawa State. From 6 staff he now employs 3000 involved in rice, fish & cotton production. Nigeria’s most important resource is her dynamic & hardworking youth."
See her full tweet below:
Twitter users react
@Dayo_Afo commented:
"The tweet says he had 6 workers in 2014 and today he has over 3000 workers. What does that tell you?"
@OkeStalyf reacted:
"This is how to lift people out of poverty, not the Npower and Tradermoni this regime initiated, which is strictly for stealing money."
@OOArinze said:
"I remain grateful to you and former President, Dr. Goodluck for introducing YouWin. I was among the first set of YouWin participants. I didn't get the grant, but I gained the knowledge that established me today. I live the YouWin dream. Thank you ma."
Thank you Okonjo-Iweala
The young also reshared the post, thanking God and Okonjo-Iweala.
Nigerian priest shows off his big cassava
In a related story, Legit.ng reported that a Nigerian priest shared a photo of him harvesting cassava on his farm.
According to the priest, he does not stay idle as he also goes to the farm to produce what he eats.
Nigerians appreciated him for being hardworking and not depending on his parishioners to feed him.
Source: Legit.ng
