The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, says flood victims will not be left out in the provision of adequate farm inputs to boost agriculture.
The Director General of the Agency, Zubaida Umar, represented by the Director of Planning, Research and Forecasting, Onimode Bandele, said this in the Niger state capital while handing over 68,087 litres of liquid gel fertilizer to farmers in Niger State.
The fertilizer is Niger State’s part of the National Food Security Council’s Emergency Agricultural Intervention, NFSC-EEAI, for states affected by the 2018 floods.
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The National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA) in Niger State, identified 13,965 farmers whose farms and crops were destroyed and began to assisting them with agricultural inputs, after an enumeration exercise was carried out.
16 of the state’s 25 local government areas – Bosso, Shiroro, Borgu, Agwara, Mokwa, Edati, Lavun, Lapai, Agaie, Katcha, Kontagora, Paiko, Wushishi, Gurara, Gbako and Rafi were affected.
Acting Governor, Yakubu Garba, who received the fertilisers, described the gesture as a boost to the agricultural initiative of the state, adding that the state has no reason to fail in agriculture
He commended the Federal Government and the management of NEMA for fulfilling their promise, in addition to completing what it started in 2020.
(Editor: Oloyede Oworu)
