Andrew Ojih, Jalingo
The Taraba State governor, Darius Ishaku has
said that his administration has from 2015 till
date empowered local farmers in the state.
Ishaku, who spoke to LEADERSHIP during an
exclusive interview yesterday in Jalingo through
his commissioner for agriculture, Mr. David
Ishaya said Taraba State is currently
experiencing a revolution in the area of
agriculture through deliberate efforts by Governor
Ishaku to provide food security and empowers
farmers.
He added that the present administration has
provided farm inputs, tractors, fertilisers among
others to local farmers to boost their farm
produce.
He lamented that farmers in the state have not
been able to access the federal government
anchor borrower programme since its inception,
adding that the guidelines given by commercial
banks for farmers to access the loans made it
impossible for most farmers to access the loans.
“It is few of our local farmers that have
accessed the facility in the state since its
inception” he said.
He said that the Federal Government will need to
do more in areas of intervention in agriculture in
the state since Taraba State is one of the most
richly endowed in terms of agricultural potentials.
“There are no doubts that agriculture is
undergoing a revolution in Taraba. The state is
hugely endowed and the state government is
pioneering this revolution. We have the
greenhouse which is the first of its kind in the
country,” he said.