Farmers under the auspices of All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Sokoto Chapter, has assured President Bola Tinubu, of ensuring food availability in the Nigeria.
Speaking exclusively with Vanguard, the Chairman, AFAN, Sokoto State Chapter, Jamilu Sanusi Mohammed, disclosed that farmers are putting effort to ensure food availability and affordability by Nigerians in the State, which they have resolved to change the current narrative in the agricultural sector with their return to the farms.
“Meanwhile, the State Government has procured 100,000 bags of fertilizers. In the next two weeks we will start distributing these fertilizers as palliative for our farmers “For the Federal Government to come in we are yet to ascertain that but we are mobilizing 80,000 farmers for it.“Already we have started mobilizing farmers across the local government areas of Sokoto State to come over for their forms and start capturing”, Mohammed added. Sanusi also affirmed that, “There is hope for Nigerians to have food in 2024, which we are giving out solar-powered pumping machines instead of using petrol to do the irrigation.
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