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Agriculture
By Aminu Ahmed Garko
Sokoto, Sept. 15, 2016 ( NAN) Sen. Aliyu Wamakko has called on the Federal Government to provide modern agricultural facilities to farmers at affordable rate, to enhance food production in the country .
Wamakko made the call on Wednesday night in Sokoto, while interacting with members of Sokoto State chapter of the Correspondent Chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists.
He said that government could tackle current high level of poverty, unemployment, corruption, insurgency, militancy and cattle rustling through farming.
The senator noted that the present economic situation had forced many Nigerians into farming and expressed optimism that sufficient food would be produced this year.
He said it was important for the government to invest more in the sector, so as to retain the high level of interest displayed by Nigerians in farming activities.
Wamakko, who represents Sokoto Central in the Senate, explained that making farming inputs affordable would help to encourage more people into the trade.
“We have all that it takes to produce what we can eat as well as export,’’ he said, and advised state and local governments to also give priority to agriculture.
He urged Nigerians to support President Muhammadu Buhari in the task of repositioning the country, and expressed optimism that Nigeria would overcome its current economic challenges.
“Nigerians must be supportive, patient and prayerful for God’s intervention in the socio-economic and political growth of our country,’’ he said. (NAN)
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