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AGRICULTURE
DAILY TRUST
Wema Bank promises agric loan to Ekiti cotton farmers From: Doyin ,a.debusuyi, Ado-£kftl KJ n ..tate government anJ Wema Bank Pic h.'Ie begun discussion
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aimed al es:pandlng and
rcpwiLionulg' grie business with particular cmrhasis on the mass production of i ollon in the state.
The bank urder thuchane will provide funlling to I"annm: in order
Beneficiaries of mobile phone system of fertilizer sale carting away their shares
IOhdpth.meqouxlth<prodocUoo
cJ cutlun 'fIith a ..Yw to rncding till! dcmmds cAlmar industrlcs in the """_ t h < Manogmgou.ao.. olth< bonk. ML s.gun 0I0kduyi m lUoaffia.-.emll. G<Mmo< Ka)'Ode Fa)al1i said the iWt: was pwionaIe
obow """",""S th< _ " ' " In the agricult;ual II!Ct(r as a ~ eX income for tIx Statr., hmcr the dcdIion to seek putnenhIp with mevam insbtutioru that ba~ gmuint inkfU In agricu11.Uta1. buou>oL ~ who ll(Ked that industrial ~ " "'" tun"", on agrlruhuraJ ~veIoptnt'nt. said a putnrrship with the Wcma Bank would boost the bldustrial drive of thestale u It nerdf finandalsupport roc the on-going r6uscitation of some modbund industries that Include lhe Ire Burnl Brick lndustryallll! Ekiti. While staling that the State ~ more than the account holding paltOCBhip, the GovmKIr ~ th< &nk '" buying into the Bond raixd by the 5lalr gIMIlIl"OtnI: $II)'~ thai. II bulkd the
Farmers allege scam in fertilizer distribution in Anambra, Niger From: Beatrice Onuchukwu. Awka & Allyu M. Hamagam. Minna
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.tdI1D f:ummorany.seeilling for fRedislribution. -It is true tlw we are selling fertllizcr and .tMIlingl to fanners. These ~ commodities our companies bought from market lhat we ~ sdIing 10 the 6umm because the fimningseuon
in&astru:tull' and has Ieslum:I the
hur;one&r. We~not~~~is
hop<olth<-..y.
'Mr us. we I~ alwa)'l said ~
going to~lIS for lhat." 5hesaid 'The offICial who saki .she did 001. want her name mentiontd because she was not pmnittftl to talk 10 the press, said the bags of rertiliur the company Is buying from the market wdgh SO
dot' partnmlup
Melia D\J\Cor JAAC or VAT buI VI II: need a partner
both in the dry IUSOO and raining ita!Jon; people who an ~ with til in inli;asiruC'lw'e financing, (or aample and 1 must commeud SUPPOI Ling
Umlt<d. Wd II>< r«kr.olll""""""'"
ret to provide appointed dealm with fmiliut- fOr
bond " .mdy being """"""'" 10
you for
Idling two bags of fertilizer with seedlings that are supposed to be distributed f~ 10 rannes at NIO,OOO, A lCmaIe official of one of the ~I appointed dealen I't'SpOOSibk forsdlingi::rtiliu:r 10 &rmcn: in the state at conuolkd price. Qaog
kiklgr:a.ms..dding. "becauseweareapectingthe
one gayemment will bring ..... 40 kiIogTam.s. we d«Jde to reduce these ones to the same 40 kilograms bd"ore .selling them out 50 that
our bond
initiltive," he sJ.i,l
rumen will not notice the d1fkrma: and re;tct the smaller ones rrom the governmmt.... Pl!nnanent Secrrtary in Anambn stale minlstry or ag.rtcuIture. tJmeh-Obi Andy Ittributed the inability of govemmmt to text registtted farmers in the state with YOUCbers
outhorizing than
10 pwd>a>< I<rtlli= from the dcaIen at CO:l~ price: and obtain freoe seedlings to pooc- ~ from GSM 5II!f"YR pnMden In the.stale. A mediwn scale: farmerin NigttSWe.Sbumu Badegi who said he cultivates 20 hectares d farmland annually loid Daily Trust in Minna that right rrum the introduction of the S)'Skm of dtstribulion ofrertillzer through tat mc:ssages. he had no cnnfidmce in the program and fOr thai. be did 001. even take part in the Rgi.stratXn Shdtu yusuf Ga1id1ma, II big time tanner fmm KontagoR tawn In Nigtt State said when he \ooIu!d at the entire program. he notic:al it was fuU oflacuna, thercl'ore doubted its worbbility from the onset.. He saki he bought a bag ofNPK fertili:zcr ror NS,OOO and Urea N6,OOO,
Katsina, Bauchi distribute fertilizer to farmers From: Yusha'u A.lbrahlrn Katsha &Mmed Moham-
med.1laudlI ARMERS mKauiN and 8aud:..i statessakl tIq. b.l\II:! ra:dva:I .... ""'"'8" Uting
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them lO (l)IUd, appoinkd dealers in dldr ·tn:3Sand pay UIWO baJ;s of 1i!5OCU'd rertilizcn andobcain freoe seed· lings b- thiS r-a-s Wming season. Farmm from the two
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.said they haveJlJ.:cDoily collected """ thrir alIoc:aI..Iom.. In KaUinll st....>!, the West Afrian CuttJln Company (WAeon h.. futribokd fertilizer 10 lM'f 4. 000 fannt'rl at so ptrcml su~ldy underthe li:derol !(I\o1!tTlment
G<Mh rnJU>nCCm<nl Scheme (GES) ,.rognun. launchmg tlle .scOOne, AlhaJI SaI:su U,man, the
Katsina State DirKIor. Federal Ministry of AgricuIt~ said 2S million f.mntn ~ ~ in the
"'"smd roc
progr:w-n 1M l""'o
odding tlw th< ~
in the JJRlIPID is a aJlllinues e:u:rdse IS rnor-e &nnm will SOO1be~
Speaking at the eYml. WAcar ......... Offi=. IX l.axnw> s;gh. Wd obow 14,410 hectam in the stale have been eannari:ed fix the odding"'" farmers in thcst2l:eba~becn aJ10caW 3 bags of fcrt:ilizer
.,."..... thU,..,.
at half rnarltd pm per eadt hectare as about 43,410 bog> I<rtlli= ..,.,Jd be distributed 10 lhe farmen in the first. phascoftheprogram in the SLaIe.
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He expWned that 260 metric t.ones of improved setd.s has been disbursed 6ft to farmen in Kat5ina.
Zamfarn "'" Gombe s.a... adding 0", ram,." from Tsafe kK:aI gomnmenl in
have 120 hcclM1:s
ror rice: in Zubo. but up till now I
Za.01fMl state, Funtua and Faskari In Kat.sina State as well as othm in 5Of1'\Ie partsd Gombe SCale ha~ benefikd from the gcst~ Responding on behalr of bcoe6tting boners in the state, Malam MU5Iapha Kabir from Daudaw;a ~
-""'" _lion
ha~ not gotten
a .single r_
from
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ohouId than """""'" through ~tivr:s
b-
:soddia We havr fulfilled all the
the gmUR, adding lhal fanning activities ¥oOOld ceceh-e a boost foUowing the
nquimnents they ga~ u.s and yet did not say anything 10 u.s up till now. The Central
intmductionr:Jthc~
In BaudU Stale ~ W'eft! mixed rt:aCtions amongst ..... "'" ""oil oak ram,." in the rertilizer distribution this fiunung aea.soo. Large gcale (rumen saki they lICe yrl to get th< axnmo<lliy while some of the smaJ] scaJ,e fam1eB said they coIkcted two bags each at N2.7SO
bag of
per bag with
r~
seedlings
through the e-wallet fertilizer distribution. Two local farmers thai
spoke to Daily Trust, Ibrahim Mohammad and Naorni Dania apresscd happiness with the initiatjvr iliat helped them to get
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the commodity for the fm tllnein "",""",
A large scaIc willer In l3auchi stale, A1haji Attayyib Mahmood
saKI-' havrl~ rannsln Dauchi.1
&ok "''''''' N 1 billion soft loan lO f"armers when hundreds
of u.s paid about 10 percent for the
havel!4 h«tares oflands for maize, I ba~ 160 hectaJu in Katagwn loan bul we did Millet, guinea com. beans etc lind I not get anything.
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