The Federal Government has allocated more than N200 million on the distribution of inputs to farmers in the state and N200 million on the distribution of assets through the Fadama III Project.
According to The PUNCH, this was disclosed by the state Commissioner for Agriculture and Forestry, Olayato Aribo, at the distribution of barbecue equipment to 50 jobless persons in the state who have been trained in the art of barbecue production.
He explained that the money was part of the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus Programme’s effort to help farmers increase their output by providing them with free farm implements.
Aribo said, “This year alone, Fadama III Project is going to spend more than N200 million on the distribution of inputs to farmers and N200 million on the distribution of assets and 24 rural access roads have been earmarked for rehabilitation across the state.
“This is a point of contact to many meaningful interventions the NG-CARES programme has made through the Fadama III Project in the state.”
According to him, the objective of the NG-CARES programme was to alleviate poverty through the promotion of food security.
He added that “the only way we can achieve this is to ensure that the poor farmers benefit from the programme and not that we the implementers should benefit personally.”
Aribo asked the people who would be receiving the free tools to make excellent and productive use of them so that their lives may be improved.
