National Assembly House of Representative Speaker, Hon. Yakubu Dogara and The Managing Director, Premier Seeds Nigeria Limited, Prof. Oyediji Ogungbile |
The Managing Director, Premier Seeds Nigeria Limited, Prof.
Oyediji Ogungbile had during the National Assembly House of Representative
Speaker, Hon. Yakubu Dogara’ s visit to the premises at Zaria pleaded to the
Federal Government to pay some of the debt outstanding of the company so as to avert the
sacking of workers .
During his visit, the speaker, Hon. Yakubu Dogara has called
for increased production of improved quality seeds to boosting agriculture
commercialization and creation of more employment saying“if the revolution in
agriculture is going to be anything to go by, it must start with the production
and distribution of quality seeds”
Prof.Ogungbile had wanted the speaker to wade into assisting
the company to prevail on Federal Government through the FMARD to ensure
payment of cumulative debt since 2014 saying that “the outstanding was very
dangerous to the well being of workers and organizational operation. We have answered the call of Government as
regards provision of improved seeds for both dry and wet seasons for the
successful implementation of green revolution, but however the government has
not paid for seeds we supplied since 2014. We have also answered the call to
supply maize for 2016 dry and 2017 wet season respectively’’
“The cumulative tons of soybeans, rice, maize and sorghum
for both wet and dry season since 2014 is what we are appealing for so that the
none payment may not hinder the company activities and this is a threat to
employment considering over 1,000 workers this might negatively affect” said
Premier Seeds MD.
Hon. Dogara pointed that agricultural sector would generate
over 40 million jobs through the use of improved quality seeds by farmers
saying that with the coordinated support from both the executive and
legislature to companies producing and distributing these quality inputs will
ensure food sufficiency and improve Nigerians standard of living.
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