Kwara Govt provides free inputs for 4,000 farmers
Four thousand farmers have been earmarked to benefit from Kwara State Government free agriculture incentives to ensure food security in the state.
At the officials flag off of the distribution of the inputs, the state Deputy Governor, Mr. Kayode Alabi said the incentives would be distributed across the sixteen local government areas in the state.
”The aim of the programme is to enable farmers engage in all year round farming at ease”, he stated.
Mr Alabi said the state government has procured fifteen tractors and provided bulldozers to clear more land for farmers to expand their businesses.
He urged the beneficiaries of the inputs to use the incentives for the right purpose.
Also, Kwara State Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mallam Abdullateef Gidado- Alakawa said the support was targeted at small scale farmers to enable them grow their businesses.
On behalf of the beneficiaries, the acting Coordinator, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria, RIFAN, Kwara State Chapter, Mallam Mohammed Salihu ,expressed confidence that the initiative will boost agricultural production and ensure food security in the state.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Musbau A. Akanji Aishat Mohammed Lawal NITDA Balogun Ajikobi Ilorin East Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road Just Law Forum Kanu Agabi Harrison Osauwagboe Olatunji Ayeni Muhammad Toyin Sanusi Elewu Unilorin Ibrahim Oloriegbe Agor Market Hassanat Bello Adamu Attah CELF Sobi FM Gbemi Saraki Abdulazeez Uthman Oba-Solagberu Esinrogunjo Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen Saidu Kawu Valsolar Consortium Idofin Quareeb Sidikat Akaje Saliu Ajibola Ajia Shehu Alimi Foundation Saudat Abdulbaqi Abdulhakeem Amao Joseph Alex Offorjama Awili Pedro Federal Allocation Bayer Nigeria Limited Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon Erubu Musa Yeketi Abdulrazaq Adebayo Kwara North Muhammad Ghali Alaaya Igbomina Agor Olabode Towoju Kisra Abdulfatah Ahmed Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen Abdullahi AbdulMajeed Folorunsho Erubu Barakat Community Secondary School Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations Mohammed Abduraheem Mary Arinde Assayomo Simeon Sayomi Funmi Salau Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir Kwara State Government Kwara State Polytechnic Ilorin Likeminds Foundation Boko Haram Okedare Waheed Ibrahim Ifelodun Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise JAAC Ayobami Akanbi Afonja Descendants Union Tanke Road Nagode New Nigeria People’s Party KW-GIS Bola Sagaya Saka Asiat Ayinke

