The senator representing Lagos West District, Senator Idiat Adebule, has distributed 1,132 bags of fertilisers to farmers in 28 local governments and local council development areas.
Senator Adebule said during the distribution in Ikeja that the donation of the ferterlisers by the Federal Government was part of President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to boosting food production and easing economic challenges in the country.
“If you look at the Renewed Hope Agenda, part of the promises made by President Tinubu was to scale up activities in the agricultural sector. To keep that promise, the Federal Government under his leadership has released fertilisers to representatives of the people to distribute to farmers in their constituencies,” the lawmaker said.
She urged the beneficiaries to put the fertilisers to proper use.
Secretary-General of the Conference of 57 Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas and chairman of Odi-Olowo/Ojuwoye Local Council Development Area, Razaq Ajala, stated that the Federal Government had decided to support farmers from all the six geo-political zones of the country in order to boost harvest.
Ajala expressed optimism that the gesture would crash food prices.
Vice Chairman, All farmers’ Association of Nigeria, Lagos State chapter, Shakiru Agbayewa, stressed that currently, fertilisers cost between N40,000 and N50,000 which farmers couldn’t afford to purchase.
“The Federal Government, in its wisdom, decided to donate the fertilisers to ease the burden of farmers and enhance food production,” Agbayewa said.
He commended the Federal Government for the food security initiative and promised that the fertilisers received would be utilised.
A beneficiary, Oluwatoyin Olufuwa, praised the government, saying: “They have done something great for the farmers because it will help to enhance quality food production and assist farmers to make more profit.”
The coordinator for Badagry farmers, Augustine Onu, described the initiative as a big boost for food production.
“I have never seen this kind of distribution done before since I have been a farmer. We haven’t experienced such massive distribution of fertilisers to farmers in the local governments,” Onu noted.
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