FG Pledges to Support Kwara Govt Dry Season Farming Programme

Date: 2024-01-21

The Kwara State Government all-year-round farming programme received a boost yesterday when the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), Dr. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi assured the State Government of his Ministry's support in the implementation of its dry season farming programme.

Dr. Abdullahi gave the assurance in Ilorin during his working visit to all federal agencies under the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security.

The Minister, who reiterated the federal government's readiness to embark on a nationwide dry season farming with a view to achieving its objectives on self-reliance in food production in the country.

He enjoined all the federal agencies under the Ministry to collaborate with the Kwara State Government for a successful outcome of the programme in the state.

"Looking at the four major commodities that we want to produce; rice, wheat, maize, and cassava, we will realize that they are food for both human and animals", he stated.

The Minister, who described small scale farmers as the bedrock of agricultural sector of the country, urged the state to join the federal government in giving out all the needed supports and enabling environment to thrive in the farming business.

Earlier, in her welcome remarks, the State Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mrs. Oloruntoyosi Thomas described the visit of the Minister as timely and a boost to fastrack the realization of the state government's policy thrust on agriculture as contained in the State's Agricultural Master Plan.

She also seized the opportunity to discuss areas of collaboration with the Minister and all heads of federal agencies in the state.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Oba Abdulraheem     Malete     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Opobiyi     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Ilorin Like-Minds     Moses Afolayan     Matthew Babaoye     Ilorin Emirate     Simeon Ajibola     HICA     Farouk Salim     Yemi Sanni     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Nurudeen Muhammed     Senate     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Raymond Olaitan     Yakubu Gobir     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Kannike     Ahmed Alhasssan     Pakata     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Baba Issa     Sherif Sagaya     Ifelodun     Ayinde Oyepitan     Bello Bature     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Agbarigidoma     SSA Youth Engagement     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Alagbado     Okin Group     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Sherif Shagaya     Fulani     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Abdulkareem Alabi     Surajudeen Akanbi     Salman Suleiman     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Sobi FM     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Kayode Ibrahim     Senate President     Amada Jidda     Okeose Christian Cementary     Air Peace     Elerinjare     Tunde Kazeem     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Shaaba Lafiagi     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Chief Imam Of Offa     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Wasiu Onidugbe     Aliyu Muyideen     Pilgrims Board     Modupe Oluwole     MINILS     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Adeniyi Ojo     Abatemi Usman     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Bayo Ojo     Musa Yeketi     Mary Kemi Adeosun    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Kunbi Titiloye     Saheed Popoola     Fulani     Modupe Oluwole     Young Progressives Party     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Issa Baba     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Siraj Oyewale     Saliu Shola Taofeek     Amosa     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     IDPU     Rihanat Ajia     Mutawali     Habeeb Saidu     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Segun Adeniyi     Baboko Primary School     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Abdulraheem Olesin     Firdaos Amasa     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Kazeem Gbolagade     Saeedat Aliyu     Makama     PharmAccess Foundation     Oko-Olowo     Congress For National Consensus     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Fatimat Saliu     Quarry Royal Valley     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Kwha.gov.ng     Sodiya     Gani Saadu     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Abatemi-Usman     Lanre Issa Onilu     UITH     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Jani Ibrahim     Mohammed Abduraheem     Asa     Olusola Saraki     Ekiti     Umar Adelodun     Erubu Oba Zubair     James Ayeni     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     SWAN     Tsaragi/Share     Alimi     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Garba Dogo     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Abubakar Suleiman     Radio SBS     Kisra     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Bukola Ajikobi     Sarah Jubril     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Bolakale Ayo     Arinola Lawal     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Hassan Saliu     Apado     Lai Mohammed     March 28