From Ahmad SAKA, Bauchi
The Emir of Jama'are, Alhaji Nuhu Ahmed Wabi has explained that arrangement has been completed to distribute 42,000 sacks of fertilizers to farmers across the state free of charge.
The Emir, who is the Chairman of the distribution commitee of 70 trucks of fertilizers set up by the Bauchi State Government, stated this on Tuesday at the end of the distribution committee meeting in Bauchi.
He explained the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security donated the 70 trucks of fertiliser to Bauchi farmers as part of efforts to boost farming activities in the state.
Wabi said that the committee would take the commodity to farmers in all the Polling units in the 20 Local Government Areas of the state, adding that all communities, labour unions, Religious organisations, women group, youths groups among others would receive the fertilizer.
He commended Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state and the federal government for the gesture which he said, would go a long way in supporting farmers at the grassroots.
He further appealed 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, emphasizing that the State is blessed with abundant land, human and natural resources which if properly harnessed would help towards the economic development of the state.
He expressed gratitude to the state government for finding them worthy to serve in the committee and promised to ensure justice and equity in the distribution process.
It could be recalled that when the committee was inaugurated, some of the committee’s terms of reference includes; 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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