Dahiru Lawan Kofar Wambai
Present administration in Kano set to prioritize revitalization of crop production aimed at boosting food security
State Deputy Governor of the state, Comrade Aminu Abdussalam stated this in a message at the opening of a two-day workshop organized for Heads of Agriculture and Natural Resources and sectional Heads of the 44 Local Government Councils holding in kaduna.
Represented by the permanent Secretary of the office Malam Hussani Bashir Maikano said the rationale behind the training was to equip participants with basic mechanized farming techniques with a view to supporting Kano to achieve food sufficiency.
Comrade Aminu Abdussalam, regretted how security challenges nowadays have been hampering farming communities especially in this part of the country stressing the need to checkmate the challenge once and for all
He pointed out that this became necessary as no meaningful development will be attained in a state of chaos
He revealed that Kano as one of the leading agrarian states nationwide will continue to accord the sector upper hand so as to bridge the existing vacuum caused by the aforementioned debacles
In his remarks, the Permanent Secretary Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs,Malam Ibrahim Muhammad Kabara,said the state government has in the last three months procured fertilizer and other farming inputs worth five billion Naira and distributed them on subsidized rates to petty farmers in the 44 Local Government Areas statewide.
He further assured current government’s readiness to reinvest into the sector in order to fetch income so as to lessen over dependence on federal subvention
He charged participants translate to what acquired to be cascaded to the grassroots for the overall development of the state and the nation as a whole
An Expert in the field of farming and equally a leading farmer in the midst of the society Sarkin Noma Ahmad Hussain who spoke before the gathering ,extolled the foresight behind staging the forum as according to him the attendants who are mostly extension workers were fully equipped with the basic farming methods and data collection, guide to farmer, profiling and record keeping.
The theme of the workshop was Revitalizing crop Production and enhanced Extension Services.
