Fertiliser: 10 trucks too small for our farmers, LG boss tells Plateau Govt.


 Mr Titus Bise, Chairman, Mangu Local Government of Plateau says 10 trucks of fertiliser allocated to the council are too small for farmers in the council area.
Bise made the disclosure on Wednesday in Mangu where he launched the distribution of fertilisers to farmers for this year wet season farming.
``We appreciate the State Government allocation of 10 trucks of fertiliser to us in Mangu LGA; it is not enough for our teaming farmers, who constitute 90 per cent of the council’s population.
``As we launch the distribution of fertiliser today, I assure our farmers that the management will purchase more, if not 10 more trucks, to meet up their demands, ’’ he pledged.
Bise said that already committees had been constituted in each of the 18 wards in the council to handle the distribution effectively in order to boost food production.
He argued that Mangu was one of councils known for massive food production in the country.
He added that the effort to encourage farming by Gov. Simon Lalong administration was for the farmers to maintain that position at all cost.
He warned that any person caught diverting the fertiliser meant for our committed farmers would be seriously dealt with.
Bise urged the committee members to display high sense of responsibility and commitment in the distribution and sale of the commodity to genuine and rightful farmers.
According to him, each bag of the fertiliser will be sold for N4, 000 and anything above that is criminal and will be treated as such.
Earlier, Mr Abraham Mazadu, Councillor for Agriculture and Natural Resources, assured the chairman of fairness in the distribution of sales of the commodity to genuine farmers.
Mazadu commended the state government and the council management for their proactive steps in encouraging food production.

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