Dr. Abudllahi Umar Ganduje |
The Federal
Government wheat accelerated programme to checkmate annual billions of naira
import bill in about ten states of the federation is graciously receiving
special support of the Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Danguje as wheat
farmers in the state have commended His Execellency spirited support to the
development and production of the crop in the state.
Speaking with Food Farm News at the Madandu processing centre of the Association, the Chairman of Wheat Association of Nigeria, Kano state Chapter Alhaji Rabi’u Mudi who commended the Governor saying his complimentary support to the federal Government’s assistance has resulted to the first delivery of 1,500 bags of wheat to Nigeria Flour Millers as the second ranch would soon be picked up as cleaning was already on going.
Alhaji Madi
said that the wheat success story would not have been possible if the Governor
had not provided the processing centre adding that “ we are commending the
Governor of kano, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje
for the
full support given to our members in area of loan at zero interest rate and
provision of two cleaning machines for value addition”
Alhaji Madu
said the Governor’s support to wheat production in the state has complemented the
Federal Government’s desire to mitigate annual import of 25 billion naira as Nigeria
flour millers are already picking up the farmers produce as promised in Kano.
Alhaji Madu said that “We are able to support
7,000 farmers in 2015/2016 with inputs such as fertilizer, improved seeds,
chemical, tractor services, harvesting and water pump as our governor Abdullahi
Umar Ganduje is the one that supported us with N100 million naira soft loan, a
bank quarantee of 18.2 million naira to purchase wheat cleaning, sorting and
grading machine. He also supported us with 20 million naira to purchase two
combine harvesters.
The Governor did not stop there but also become the grantor
for us to all our input vendors, such as fertilizer, and agro chemical. He also
gave us this premises where we installed our machines at Magandu road Kano. The
state Governor also gave the 10% to pay for the compact milling machine which
we got from the FG in the sum of 13.4 million naira. The wheat farmers
association is thinking of milling our wheat into flour in the event where
there is no market”
The farmers
however advocated that the Federal government should intervene by bridging the
production cost prices between the market and millers’ off take prices in a way
that would cover all other logistic.
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