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By David Okpashi in Lafia
LAFIA –Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State on Tuesday crashed cost price of fertilizer from N21, 000 to N12, 000 a bag for all farmers to enhance food production in in the state.
Governor Sule, while speaking at the flag off of this year’s dry season farming,said the reduction in the price of the fertilizer product was to encourage more food production among the farmers and increase food security in the state
The governor warned those handling the sale of over 13,000 bags of fertilizer earmarked for this year’s dry season farming across the state to be responsible as they would be held accountable for any sharp.practices in the exercise.
According to Governor Sule, each bag of the fertilizer product will be sold at a subsidized rate of N12,000
“We are selling the fertilizer at a subsidized rate of N12,000 per bag while in the market, it is sold at N21,000 per bag.
” As we are flagging off and selling this fertilizer here, other local government areas too are selling in their respective local government areas across the 13 Local government Areas.
“The gesture is to boost food production and ensure food security in the State. My administration will remain focused in ensuring that agricultural potentials are fully harnessed in the State”.
The Governor urged the people of the state to take advantage of President Bola Tinubu Renewed Hope Agricultural Funds to enhance food security in the State.
The Chairman, Nasarawa State House of Assembly Committee on Agriculture, Dr Peter Ibrahim Akwe, who said that the distribution of the fertilizer would lead to bumper harvest in the state in 2024 and beyond, urged those involved in the sale of the commodity to ensure that the fertilizer get to the real farmers across the State.
“This fertilizer is meant for farmers and it should reach the real farmers across the state, in line with the governor’mantra of food sufficiency in the state.
Earlier, the Commissioner for Agriculture, Alhaji Umar Dan’Akano, said that the flagging off of the dry season fertilizer was to boost food production in the State.
He said that the importance of fertilizer to food security could not be overemphasized, hence the need for the exercise, and commended Governor Sule for prioritizing agriculture in the State.
Edited by Dada Ahmed.
