Kano Cancels Distribution Of fertilizer Through Mobile Phone Alerts – official

The Kano State Government has cancelled its earlier plan to distribute fertilizer to farmers for the 2015 cropping season through mobile phone alerts.

This is contained in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the state Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Malam Garba Yunusa, made available to Food Farm News (FFN) in Kano on Monday.

According to the statement, the government has now directed the ministry to distribute the commodity directly to farmers at various wards across the state.
It stated that the government took the decision in view of the fact that the rainy season had already commenced.

‘’The fertilizer will be distributed directly to farmers at various wards in the state considering the urgent need to distribute the commodity as the rainy season has already set in,” the statement said.
It expressed the commitment of the state government towards supporting farmers for enhanced agricultural production in the state and the country at large.
The statement advised farmers to go to their respective wards in the state in order to purchase the commodity.

The Food Farm News reports that local farmers in the state are anxious to know the price to be fixed by government.
For now the state government is yet to peg the price of the commodity as it usually does during every rainy season.