Food Security : Jigawa govt to cultivate 150,000 hectares of wheat farms 

Jigawa State government has announced plans to cultivate 150,000 hectares of wheat in the next farming season.

Governor Umar Namadi, who made this lin Dutse when he received in audience, Africa Development Bank delegation, also disclosed plan to expand the programme to other crops for the betterment of citizens in 2025.

Recalled that Jigawa state was allocated 40,000 hecters of land for wheat farming under the initiative to enhance food security in Nigeria where over 10,000 farmers are supported with agricultural inputs for effective farming.

A statement by Zainab Ringim, Senior Special Assistant Media Affairs to the governor that was made available to reporters, quoted Namadi to have expressed his determination to improve food security in the state and the county in general.

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Ringim, in the statement said ” Gov. Namadi further stated that the only way to move people out of poverty is through the development of agriculture”

The statement said the Jigawa state governor
thumbed up for President Bola Tinubu for initiating various agricultural intervention programmes since the inception of his adminitration.

The Senior Special Assistant Media Affairs disclosed that her boss commended “the initiative of feed the African initiative established by the African Development bank, assuring that government will monitor all the inputs interventions to ensure adequate use for the attainment of greater jigawa.”

According to the statement, earlier, the leader of the delegation, Dr Martings Fregnen said the visit was aimed at intimating the governor on the activities of the bank to agree on the areas of continued collaboration.

Fregnen said national agricultural development programme will be supported in the areas of Irrigated land , demostration to the farmers , financing and providing opportunity for the Young people for the development of the region.

Other key stakeholders appreciated the supports and commitments of Jigawa state government and assured willingness to maintain the cordial relationship between the two parties.