KADUNA STATE GOVERNMENT PROCURES FERTILIZER

From SA on ICT, Kaduna

April 27,  2008

Kaduna State Government procured about 69,600 metric tonnes of assorted Fertilizer to be sold to farmers across the State. Commissioner for Information and Home Affairs,

Alhaji Saidu Adamu disclosed this to Government House Correspondents shortly after the State Executive Council Meeting at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House Kaduna. He said government in line with its Eleven-Point Agenda to provide adequate fertilizer for Agriculture purpose and further subsidize the price of the commodity aimed at ensuring that it is affordable to farmers even at the grassroots levels.

The State Executive Council warned seriously against the activities of middlemen who are in the habit of creating artificial scarcity and hardship to the farmers before getting fertilizer to buy at government control prices. Any one caught in such an ungodly act would be prosecuted accordingly. Continuing the Commissioner noted that government also intends to re introduce the State-owned Rail Transport System within the State soon, all aimed at reducing the hardships being faced by its people as far as transportation is concerned. Dialogue is going on between the State Government and the authorities of the Nigerian Railway Authority to that effect.

Governor Arch Mohammed Namadi Sambo is a true democrat, whose approach to problems is always humane and conciliatory he is a man of peace who patiently looked to the future with courage and hope. His commitment in the direction of transforming the state into a relatively better integrated and functional polity is continuing  with a mission  to create a stable  and cohesive polity capable of securing effectively the interests of the various communities and giving them the opportunity to develop and live in peace  with one another.

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