
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria ( AFAN), Federal Capital Territory ( FCT) has presented a working-in-progress action plan to ensure food security for the running year.
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria ( AFAN), Federal Capital Territory ( FCT) has presented a working-in-progress action plan to ensure food security for the running year.
*Agric palliative intact
The nominated Oyo All Farmers Association of Nigeria ( AFAN) chairman Engr. Olumide Ayinla into Federal Government ( FG) inputs monitoring program has said he will use the nomination to mobilize for unity among farmers towards commercial food availability to stem down prices as only genuine farmers will be given the inputs.
The President, All Farmers Association of Nigeria ( AFAN) Architect Kabir Ibrahim has said ascribed year 2024 to be a prosperous year for Nigeria in terms of Agric business, food security and peace relatively.
Farmers in Nigeria have commended the impressive turn out of stakeholders at the recently concluded Agric Show held in Tundun Wada, Keffi, Nazarawa state, despite the economic and political situations in the country, just as they demanded direct subsidy inputs for members.
The chairman, Board of Trustees (BOT) National Agricultural Foundation of Nigeria ( NAFN) Architect Kabir Ibrahim has said the convergence of farmers and other stakeholders at the up coming Nigerian Agric Show will bring about increase in food production.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu may be the first nation's leader to personally attend Agric Show being organized by farmers in partnership with the National Agricultural Foundation of Nigeria (NAFN).
The declaration of State of emergency on food security made Nigerian farmers albeit all Nigerians to breath a sigh of relief and it portended the end of the insecurity bedeviling the North East, North West, North Central and all other parts of Nigeria.
* AFAN advocates monitoring
As efforts to embark on inputs procurement for year 2023 food security by the Federal Government ( FG) commenced, an insider has complained against the late exercise that may not meet the rainy season planting by farmers.
The National President, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) Architect Kabir Ibrahim has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu recently matching order to recover 1.9 trillions naira given as agricultural loan under the Anchor Borrower Program ( ABP) of Central Bank of Nigeria ( CBN).
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria has unveiled plans to ameliorate the pains of Nigerians with food availability through immediate and short term actions just as the leader of All Farmers Association of Nigeria ( AFAN) Architect Kabir Ibrahim posited that Nigeria solution to food security must be looked from a bigger picture of productivity beyond Nigeria.
* Asks Bagudu to chair blueprints
· *AFAN, FACAN make request
The presidential candidate, All Progressive Congress (APC), Sen. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised to improve the livelihood of Nigeria farmers from subsistence to mechanized farming with effective Commodity Exchange Commission cum repositioned Bank of Agriculture (BOA) that will be rechanneled to meet producers’ priority if he is voted as the next president, Federal Republic of Nigeria in the next 2023 February polls.