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| GOLDMINE FACE OF AGRICULTURE 2017 1ST PRIZE |
A new innovation in the hospitality industry; beauty pageantry has
been introduced.
Unlike in the past whereby participation was mostly in areas that
had to do with beauty parades, IQ checks and presentations, Helping Hands
International (H2i), a Non-Governmental Organisation has set the ball rolling
by involving participants to be prepared to get involved in agriculture which is
a serious business that can bring out the country from the present recession.
Making this known in Kaduna, Benevolence Michael, Team Leader of
H2i disclosed that history has shown that countries that have experienced
drought and famine saved themselves through the rejuvenation of its
agricultural sector.
Benevolence Michael made this assertion during the official
unveiling ceremony of the 1st Prize; a Hyundai Creta i x 25 SUV Jeep
which would be presented to the winner of the forthcoming Maiden Edition of “Face
of Goldmine Agriculture Pageant 2017”, in Kaduna.
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| BENEVOLENCE MICHAEL CUTTING THE TAPE |
According to the Team Leader, H2i (Helping Hands International;
Touching Lives, Empowering People), the decision to bring agriculture into pageantry,
is because “Agriculture is an important sector which many of our youths are
running away from as it is viewed as a profession for only the elderly ones in
the villages”.
“We discovered that the youth of today only embrace entertainment.
And, the way to get their attention is to incorporate entertainment into
agriculture. With such a move, the youths will be encouraged to go into farming
through this pageant and at the end, a lot of prizes will be won and the grand
finale will witness the winner take home, the Hyundai Creta SUV Jeep as the “Goldmine
Face of Agriculture 2017”.
“If all the youths currently roaming the streets and women embrace
agriculture by cultivating a small hectare of land; planting even vegetables,
it will go a long way to solve their problems”.
“In an experiment where we invited youths for a sensitization
workshop on agriculture, very few of them showed up. So we decided to call them
again for an entertainment show and the hall was jam packed and we used the
opportunity to preach the gospel of “go back to the farm” to them. It was there
we discovered that entertainment and agriculture can be put together to help
the youths”.
“We approached Queen Abueh, Chairperson of the Kaduna state
Chapter of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN. She supported us in our quest to
organize the pageant to select the “1st Edition of the Goldmine Face
of Agriculture”.
The winner of the “Face of Agriculture” must be conversant
with farming and should be from the ages of 18 –23 years. And, having a
farmland of your own will boast the chances of each contestant”, the H2i Team
leader stated.
“Again, a contestant must also possess the qualities of a queen,
such as good diplomacy, beauty implanted in Nigeria culture that can enable her
move around to talk to people especially young men and women on the need to go
back to the farm”, she emphasized.
On what is expected in terms of the number of participants and
where the target audience is focused upon, the H2i Team Leader stated; “we are
expecting 36 contestants from the 36 States of the Federation and including the
Federal Capital Territory”, she quipped.
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| TEAM LEADER BENEVOLENCE MICHAEL |
Agriculture, according to Benevolence Michael, is a profitable
venture that can turnaround the fortune of the country and that may be
impossible if the women and youth are not encouraged to participate in the
project; and that is the aim of the programme.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON SALES OF FORMS, INTENDING PARTICIPANTS SHOULD CALL 08087512512 OR, FACEBOOK: BENEVOLENCE MICHAEL-DIK
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