The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, on Thursday distributed agricultural inputs to 2, 208 farmers in Akwa Ibom, who were victims of the 2020 flood disaster in the state.
Director General of NEMA, Alhaji Mustapha Ahmed said this was part of measures to ensure adequate food production in the country.
Ahmed, who was represented by Mr Demien Egwu, Supervisor, Akwa Ibom Emergency Agricultural Intervention Fund (EAIF) for 2020 Flood Affected Farmers, said Akwa Ibom was one of the states affected by that disaster with 13 Local Councils in the state initially enumerated to benefit from the palliatives.
“You will recall in 2020, there was massive flood across the country, Akwa Ibom State happened to be one of the states that was affected.
“The Federal Government in the bid to sustain food security set up the Food Security Council, and their duty was to ensure that farmers that were affected by that disaster are supported to improve food production in the country.
“In line with that, 13 Local Government Areas were chosen to intervened with this agricultural produce in Akwa Ibom State. We came to do the enumeration and we enumerated 2, 208 farmers for this project.
“And today, we are here to give the items that the Federal Government provided to the 2, 208 farmers. It is my pleasure to inform you that the Director General of MEMA in the person of Alhaji Mustapha Habib Ahmed, has directed me to inform the farmers that NEMA is going to provide the following items.
“Items available include; maize seedlings, rice seedlings, fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, growth enhancers, water pumping machines, knap sack sprayers and yam seedlings that would be provided later.
“The essence of this is to support farmers and encourage the state as well Gov. Udom Emmanuel, who has been driving agricultural project to higher level in the state.” Ahmed explained.
In her remark, the State Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Glory Edet said that it is through agriculture that poverty could be reduced in the land adding that the state government was not thinking of what the residents would consume now but what would benefit the state in future adding that agriculture remained key in Governor Udom Emmanuel’s completion agenda.
She commended the federal government, for including the state for the distribution of farm inputs stressing that through quality inputs there would be good output and warned the beneficiaries against selling the inputs.
The state Chairman, All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Mr. Bassey Inwang, in responding on behalf the beneficiaries, assured that the inputs would be judiciously use by the farmers and thanked the federal government, NEMA and the state government for the support given to farmers in the state.
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