The Taraba State governor, Darius Ishaku, has
promised that his administration would do its best to
make farming more attractive in the state.


Ishaku, who spoke through his commissioner for
agriculture, Dr David Ishaya, said that his
administration would provide necessary inputs to
assist farmers during the rainy season.

He added that government has made concerted
efforts to provide fertilisers to farmers for all-year-
round agriculture for the production of assorted
crops for consumption and export.

“As we speak, plans are ongoing to have an
alternative means other than depending completely
on oil,” he said.
He noted that
already a master
plan on how to
ensure the
availability of
modern farming
equipment at
government-
controlled price
had been
produced for
implementation
and assured the
people of the
three senatorial
zones of the state that he would provide enabling
environment for farmers to access farming tools.

According to him, the present government would
discourage the youths from migrating to urban
centres in search of manual jobs by fully engaging
them in modern farming tactics.
He informed that 15 metrics tonnes of fertiliser is
expected to arrive the state to be distributed to
farmers, stressing that government will put
machineries in place to ensure that genuine farmer
benefitted.

Source: TodayNG