The Plateau State government says it will reintroduce students’ farms as practiced in secondary schools within Gindiri Compound Schools in Gindiri, Mangu local government area of the state.
The Gindiri Compound Schools initiative was a practice where students were given portions of land to cultivate crops and keep livestock to compliment school feeding.
The practice which was introduced by European Christian missionaries who founded the schools in the early 1950s was jettisoned by Africans who later headed the schools.
Governor Caleb Mutfwang who is an alumnus of Boys Secondary School, Gindiri said reintroducing the scheme across all secondary schools in Plateau State would not only encourage students develop interest in agriculture but continue with it as a business in future, adding that the activity would also promote food security.
Speaking during the reunion service of the Gindiri Compound Schools in Gindiri, Governor Mutfwang assured that he would continue to lead in line with the motto of the institution; “For Light and Truth”.
He called for prayers and support for government at all levels, assuring that his administration would continue to render services without discrimination and meet the yearnings and aspirations of the people.
The president, Church of Christ in Nations and proprietor of the Gindiri Compound schools, Reverend Dr Amos Mozo, assured of collaboration with old students associations of the different schools to improve on the sound foundation of the institutions.
Reverend Mozo pledged the prayers and support of the church for the government to succeed.
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