Gov. Sule distributes FG free fertilizers to farmers in Nasarawa

By David Odama

As part of the federal government commitment towards ensuring food security initiative, Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state has flagged off the distribution of federal government free fertilisers to farmers in Awe and Obi local governments.

Sule who supervised the commencement of distribution of the free fertilizers made up of NPK and Urea products to the 13 LGAs of the state said the distribution will spread to other LGAs of the state.

According to the governor, the fertilizer was provided to the farmers in the state at no cost by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu adding that Nasarawa state Government only paid the costs of transportation and other charges from various locations in the country to the LGAs to be distributed to the farmers.

“The 147 wards of the state will receive not less than 16,000 bags while other farmers associations, disability groups, religious groups, traditional institutions will also benefit from the free fertilizer provided by the Tinubu government to boost food production in the state”.

He announced that other LGAs will received it’s share of the product within one week, directing that beneficiaries of the products must be farmers irrespective of political, ethnic or religious affiliation, also warned against the sale of the products in the state

To see to it that farmers take advantage of the gesture for a bumper harvest and enhanced food security, the Governor tasked stakeholders to ensure only genuine farmers benefit, just as he appreciated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture for making the commodity available.

In Awe and Obi and local government areas, one hundred farmers in each electoral wards benefitted from the product made up of eighty bags of NPK and twenty bags of Urea, a measure the State Commissioner for Agriculture, Abubakar Umar Danakano attributed to the vision of Governor Abdullahi Sule, evident in his efforts at revitalising the agricultural sector.

While in Obi, Governor Sule further sought the support of the people within the locality of the ten thousand hectares of government farm not to encroach on such farms as the government has already fashioned out a system that allow them benefit from the initiative.

The State Commissioner for Special Duties Humanitarian Services and NGOs, Princess Margaret Elayo lauds the initiative especially as it is being distributed free and without recourse to political sentiments, while the Chairman of Awe Local Government Council, Usman Umar and his counterpart of Obi Zhe Joshua Yekpowudu said it will enhance the capacity of farmers and food security.

Appreciating the Governor’s focus on agriculture, the Emir of Awe, Isa Abubakar Umar and the Zhe Migili, Ayuba Agwadu Audu said it will go an extra mile in cushioning the effects of the current economic realities, even as they called on the benefiting farmers not to sale the commodity but use it for the intended purpose.

Meantime, Governor Abdullahi Sule also visited the site for the Awe modern market where work has reached an appreciable level, thus urging the some of the contractors that are yet to complete their work to redouble efforts.

It would be recalled that selection of the beneficiaries was done by the traditional council, Chairman of the LGA as well as Critical Stakeholders.