Relief for Lagos farmers as Adebule gives them free fertilizers

Relief for Lagos farmers as Adebule gives them free fertilizers 

More and cheaper food items are expected from Lagos in the next harvest season as senator representing Lagos West District, Dr Idiat Adebule, has distributed 1,132 bags of fertilizers to farmers in 28 local governments and local councils development areas.

The senator said the gesture was from the Federal Government.

She said the free fertilizers was part of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s commitment in boosting food production in the country.

The project, she said, would help ease economic challenges.

Adebule said, “If you look at the Renewed Hope Agenda, part of the promises made by President Tinubu was to scale up activities in the agricultural area.

“To keep that promise, the Federal Government under his (Tinubu’s) leadership has released fertilizers to representatives of the people to distribute to farmers in their constituencies.”

She urged the beneficiaries to put the fertilizers into proper use.

Secretary-General of Conference of 57 local governments and local council development areas and Chairman of Odi-Olowo/Ojuwoye Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Razaq Ajala, said the Federal Government decided to support the farmers from all the six geo-political zones in other to boost harvest.

Ajala expressed optimism that this gesture would crash food prices.

Vice Chairman, All Farmers’ Association of Nigeria, Lagos State chapter, Shakiru Agbayewa, stressed that currently fertilizers now cost between N40,000 and N50,000 which farmers couldn’t afford to purchase.

“The Federal Government in his own wisdom has decided to donate the fertilizers to ease the burden of farmers and enhance food production,” he said.

He hailed the Federal Government for the food security initiative and promised to make good use of the fertilizers received.

A beneficiary, Oluwatoyin Olufuwa, praised the government and said, “They’ve done something great for the farmers because it will help in enhancing food production, quality of food as well as helping farmers to make more profit.”

Coordinator for Badagry farmers, Augustine Onu, noted that the initiative was a huge one

“I’ve never seen this kind of distribution done before since I have been a farmer. We haven’t experienced such massive distribution of fertilizers to farmers at local government,” Onu noted.