The state Commissioner for Agriculture and Forestry, Olayato Aribo, has disclosed that the Federal Government will spend more than N200 million on the distribution of inputs to farmers in the state and N200 million on the distribution of assets through the Fadama III Project.
This, he said, was in line with the government’s commitment to improving the farmers’ productivity by giving them free implements to work with through the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus Programme.
Aribo disclosed this at the distribution of barbecue equipment to 50 jobless persons in the state who have been trained in the art of barbecue production.
Aribo said, “This year alone, Fadama III Project is going to spend more than N200 million on the distribution of inputs to farmers and N200 million on the distribution of assets and 24 rural access roads have been earmarked for rehabilitation across the state.
“This is a point of contact to many meaningful interventions the NG-CARES programme has made through the Fadama III Project in the state.”
According to him, the objective of the NG-CARES programme was to alleviate poverty through the promotion of food security.
