Tambuwal inaugurates N1.56bn Fadama III Agric. Scheme
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State
had inaugurated Fadama III, that would provide additional financial
intervention for the year 2016/2017 dry-season farming in the state.
The event, which held at Kurfi Village
of Kware Local Government Area, would cover the 23 local government
councils at a cost of N1.56 billion.
This is contained in a statement signed
by Imam Imam, the Special Adviser to the governor on Media and Public
Affairs, and issued to newsmen in Sokoto on Sunday.
Imam said that the programme was aimed
at distributing agricultural inputs equipment, agro-chemicals and
other farm tools to 90 production clusters, comprising 611 production
groups across the crops value chain of rice, sorghum and tomato.
Imam said that Tambuwal promised the
citizens that his administration would continue to provide support to
the farmers through the provision of subsidized agricultural inputs
and equipment.
“We are going to provide enough
fertilizer, seedlings, herbicide and pesticide.
“Similarly, farm implements like
water pumps and sprayers will be distributed to farmers at little or
no cost to enable them deploy modern farming techniques in their
farmlands,” Imam quoted the governor as saying.
The governor was also quoted as saying
that the government would continue to undertake people-oriented
programmes aimed at supporting the entrepreneurship drive of the
people.
According to him, ”Sokoto government
has also gone into various partnerships with both national and
international partners.
“ This is for the conception and
implementation of projects and programmes that will have direct
bearing on the socio-economic lives of the people.”
He expressed the appreciation of the
state government to the development partners, especially the World
Bank, for supporting the state to achieve various development feats.
Tambuwal, who said that the World Bank
had been providing project grants to the state project office through
the National Project Office, urged beneficiary-farmers to utilise
them for the intended purposes.
Also Imam quoted the State Commissioner
of Agriculture, Alhaji Umaru Nagwari, as saying that the state
government had provided necessary support for the implementation of
the project in the state.
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