Food Sufficiency: Governor Alia Flags Off Sales And Distribution Of Fertilizer To Farmers

<h4>Food Sufficiency<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>By Austin Atondu&comma; Makurdi<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Governor of Benue State&comma; Rev Fr Dr Hyacinth Iormem Alia&comma; has officially flagged off the 2023 Fertilizer Sales and Distribution to farmers in Benue State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Performing the exercise Wednesday&comma; July 19&comma; 2023 at the Makurdi Local Government Secretariat Complex&comma; Governor Alia reiterated the commitment of his administration in fulfilling all the promises made on Agriculture in their policy document&comma; &&num;8220&semi;The Strategic Development Plan for a Greater Benue&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He promised to restructure and strengthen the machinery for Agricultural production and processing through massive investment and partnership&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Governor also announced immediate procurement and distribution of one hundred trucks of inorganic fertilizers to farmers in all the 23 Local Government Areas of the state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He stated clearly that&comma; one bag of 50kg of NPK fertilizer brand is to be sold to farmers at twelve thousand&comma; five hundred naira only &lpar;12&comma; 500&rpar;&comma; adding that his administration will bear fifty percent of the cost of each 50kg bag of NPK fertilizer with the aim to making the product affordable to all farmers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Governor&comma; however&comma; warned that anyone&comma; no matter how highly placed&comma; caught sabotaging the exercise will face severe sanctions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">He bought fifty bags of fertilizer to be given to the most underprivileged farmers present at the event&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier&comma; in his remark&comma; the Permanent Secretary&comma; Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources&comma; represented by the Director&comma; Administration and Supply at the ministry&comma; Nats Adzuu&comma; thanked the governor for providing basic farming incentives to farmers even as he took over at the time the state coffers are virtually empty&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The flag off ceremony attracted the presence of the Speaker of Benue State House of Assembly&comma; Rt&period; Hon&period; Hyacinth Aondona Dajoh and other members of the house&comma; heads of Ministries&comma; Departments and Agencies as well as farmers&comma; amongst others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;