FG Pledges to Support Kwara Govt Dry Season Farming Programme

Date: 2024-01-17

The Kwara State Government all-year-round farming programme received a boost yesterday when the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), Dr. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi assured the State Government of his Ministry's support in the implementation of its dry season farming programme.

Dr. Abdullahi gave the assurance in Ilorin during his working visit to all federal agencies under the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security.

The Minister, who reiterated the federal government's readiness to embark on a nationwide dry season farming with a view to achieving its objectives on self-reliance in food production in the country.

He enjoined all the federal agencies under the Ministry to collaborate with the Kwara State Government for a successful outcome of the programme in the state.

“Looking at the four major commodities that we want to produce; rice, wheat, maize, and cassava, we will realize that they are food for both human and animals”, he stated.

The Minister, who described small scale farmers as the bedrock of agricultural sector of the country, urged the state to join the federal government in giving out all the needed supports and enabling environment to thrive in the farming business.

Earlier, in her welcome remarks, the State Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mrs. Oloruntoyosi Thomas described the visit of the Minister as timely and a boost to fastrack the realization of the state government's policy thrust on agriculture as contained in the State's Agricultural Master Plan.

She also seized the opportunity to discuss areas of collaboration with the Minister and all heads of federal agencies in the state.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Olokoba     Hassan Saliu     Hussein Oloyede     Danladi     Ojo Fadumila     Owode Market     George Innih     David Oyedepo     IDPU     Lai Gobir     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Tunji Moronfoye     Edret Sabi Abel     Ndakene     Bashir Badawi     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Sodiya     Plat Technologies     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Mohammed Saidu     Kwara Hotel     Olusegun Adeniyi     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Saliu Tunde Bello     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Ijakadi     Marafan Shonga     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Iyabo Adewuyi     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Www.Kwarareports.com     Sulyman Tejidini     Aso Ofi     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Mamman Saba Jibril     Adeola Abraham     Mansur Alfanla     Ayo Salami     Olofa Of Offa     Sam Okaula     Congress For National Consensus     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Osi     Ibrahim Abikan     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Aliyu U. Tilde     Hakeem Idris     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Tunji Oyawoye     Valsolar Consultoria     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     LEAH Charity Foundation     AGM Professional Services     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Segun Ogunsola     Bamidele Aluko     Salihu S. Yaru     Harafat E. Mukadam     Idris Garuba     Elewu     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Oloyede     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Dele Momodu     Sulyman Buhari     Adeleke Ogungbe     Olaitan Adefila     Elelu     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Adamu B. Yaqubu    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Balikis Jawondo     Kawu Baraje     Oja-Oba     Trader Moni     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Sabi     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Ile Arugbo     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Kayode Oyin Zubair     University Road     Olaosebikan     Kale Belgore     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Yakubu Gobir     Buari Edun     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Oloriegbe     Olaiya Lawal     Kunle Okeowo     Tunji Moronfoye     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Aliyu Muhammed     Amusa Bello     Babaita     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Sa\'adu Salau     Amina El-Imam     Yashikira     Ilorin General Hospital     Twitter     Aminu Adisa Logun     Raheem Adaramaja     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Kwara Liberation Group     Bamidele Adegoke     PPS     General Hospital, Ilorin     Gobir     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Sanitation Exercise     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Mumeen Lah     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Saba Mamman Daniel     All Peoples Party     TIIDELab     Gambari     Ajasse-Ipo     Kola Ologbondiyan     Aso Ofi     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Sam Okaula     Oyin-Zubair     Kazeem Gbolagade     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Garment Factory     Ojo Isekuse     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     NURTW     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     NNPP     Gani Saadu     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     John Dara     KWASAA     Afetu Of Alabe     Peculiar Allowance     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Women For Change And Development Initiative