By Ahmad Saka
The Emir of Jama'are, Alhaji Nuhu Ahmed Wabi has explained that arrangement has been concluded to distribute 42,000 sacks of free fertilizers to farmers Bauchi State.
The Monarch who is the Chairman of the distribution committee of the government 70 trucks of fertilizer set up by the Bauchi State Government made this known on Tuesday at the end of the distribution committee meeting in Bauchi.
He said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security donated the 70 trucks of fertilizer to Bauchi farmers as part of efforts to boost farming activities in the state.
He said the committee would take the commodity to farmers in all the polling units in the 20 local Government areas of the state. The Emir said all communities, labour unions, religious organisations, women, youths groups and other bodies would receive the free fertilizer.
He commended Governor Bala Mohammed and the federal government for the gesture which he said would go a long way in supporting farmers at the grassroots.
He appeal to the beneficieries to make the best use of the fertilizer to raise the level of agricultural production and ensure food security in the state.
The committee’s terms of reference to include designing criteria for the selection of genuine farmers and farmers’ associations across the state, ensure fair distribution of the assorted fertilizer to the benefiting farmers and to submit report to the state government within three weeks.
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