Yobe State Government Embarks on Multi-Billion-Naira Agricultural Empowerment Scheme

In a significant move to boost food security, create jobs, and enhance rural livelihoods, the Yobe State government has commenced the distribution of multi-billion-naira agricultural empowerment packages to all 17 local government areas (LGAs) across the state. The scheme, launched by Governor Mai Mala Buni, aims to provide tractors, power tillers, water pumps, fertiliser spreaders, herbicides, improved seeds, and subsidised fertilisers to farmers. The initiative is a strategic investment to enhance the productivity of farming activities, aligning with the government's development agenda in the post-insurgency recovery period.

Key Takeaways:

• The Yobe State government has distributed agricultural empowerment packages worth millions of naira to all 17 local government areas (LGAs) across the state.
• The packages include tractors, power tillers, water pumps, fertiliser spreaders, herbicides, improved seeds, and subsidised fertilisers to be distributed to farmers.
• Governor Mai Mala Buni launched the scheme, which is aimed at enhancing the productivity of farming activities, aligning with the government's development agenda in the post-insurgency recovery period.
• The executive chairman of Tarmuwa local government area, Hon. Muhammad Lamido Musa (Dan-Dubai), received agricultural support items, including fertilizer (2,500 bags), grains (600), cassava stems (500), power tillers (50), thresher (20), planters (50), fertilizer spreaders (30), and agro-chemicals (20).
• Local government officials will coordinate the allocation of the packages to community-based farmers and associations, with each LGA tailoring the distribution to meet local needs and farming patterns.
• Farmers across the LGAs expressed appreciation for the support, describing it as timely and reassuring.
• Former beneficiaries of the scheme linked the current effort to last year's wide-scale intervention, which enabled them to increase yields and expand cultivation.

Statistics:

• 40 Mersey Ferguson tractors were procured.
• 1,961 power tillers, 1,250 hand push planters, 553 multi-purpose threshers, 3,410 solar water pumps, 830 fertiliser applicator, 4,500 bags of NPK 20:10:10 fertiliser, 195 crop residue crusher, 495 crop residue choppers, 20,000 assorted grains, and assorted agro chemicals were procured.
• 4,000 bunch of cassava stems, assorted certified seeds, 50 tricycles, and 30 motorcycles were also procured.

Sources:

• Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Yobe State Government
• Statement issued by Musa Mohammed Lamba, Information Officer, Tarmuwa Local Government