Graduates urged to focus on selfemployment

JIMMY LWANGILI

 

The Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development, Dr Yohana Budeba.

THE Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development, Dr Yohana Budeba, has urged students to focus on the training they got at colleges to create self-employments rather than relying on government jobs.

Dr Budeba made the remarks in Dar es Salaam during a launching ceremony of Polish aid project for Parasitology Laboratory refurbishment for Livestock Training Agency (LITA) campus of Temeke.

The project whose total cost was about 255,903,000/- for improving parasitology laboratories at Temeke and Buhuri campuses and Mabuki and Kikulula centres. He said inadequate livestock farmers’ knowledge and skills is one of the limiting factors to the development of the livestock sector in the country.

“I urge graduating personnel from LITA Campuses to be large and smallholder commercial farmers who will not only create employment opportunities to others but also increase the supply and availability of good livestock products,” he explained.

Dr Budeba said the government is implementing the Tanzania Livestock Modernization Initiative by strengthening this initiative and training facilities that will contribute greatly in implementing this initiative and thus support positive impact on livestock sector.

The representative for the government of Poliand, Mr Segiusz Wolski, said he believes the project will help produce professionals who will bring great success and positive development to the livestock and fisheries sector in the country.

He said the efforts of improving training facilities will reduce more competent graduates, through Warsaw University of Life Sciences will go a step further to assist the remaining four campuses of Tengeru, Mpwapwa, Madaba and Kikulula.