By Juma Nsubuga
State Minister of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries in charge of Fisheries Robert Migadde Ndugwa has today presided over the 39th graduation ceremony at Fisheries Training Institute (FTI) at Bugunga village, Entebbe Municipality in Wakiso district.
The Minister congratulated the country especially MAAIF upon these graduands since fisheries sector has been missing human resource.
Migadde says that these graduands should help the country most especially the fisheries sector to solve problems affecting it’s development mentioning corruption, overfishing and sensitisation among others since they are now experts and have capacity to do the work.
“There is a lot of corruption in fisheries sector which forced the President to introduce the army is fisheries activities. I now urge you the graduands, you have graduated in fisheries and Aquaculture disciplines to use this opportunity to protect the sector” he said.
He added that the graduands will also help in manufacturing fibre glass boats since the country has been importing them and repeating boat engines.
The commissioner fisheries, regulations, control and Aquaculture Jeseph Bwanika who represented MAAIF PS urged graduands to use the skills they have acquired from FTI to serve the country and the world.
“Be confident, embrace government developmental programs like PDM, Emyooga among others” he added.
357 graduands have been awarded with Diplomas and certificates in fisheries and Aquaculture disciplines.
