By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor
For the first time, Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Abubakar Bagudu, has revealed the strategies adopted by his administration to turn the state into the leading rice-producing centre in Nigeria, giving farmers real value for their labour and investments in the process.
Bagudu, who spoke in an exclusive interview with Vanguard, said his love for his people and the need to create a sustainable means of livelihood for them, motivated him to take what he calls ‘unusual steps’ to transform rice business farming in the state into a business venture. The governor disclosed that on assuming office and discovering the huge rice potentialities in his state, he immediately put down a princely sum of N4 billion as seed money to convince the Bank of Industry and the Central Bank of Nigeria of its readiness to partner with them in giving financial assistance and inputs to rice farmers in the state to go into commercial farming. He pointed out that with the capital outlay and the agreement it entered into the with the BOI, his administration also designed a template where each farmer agreed to produce at least six tonnes of rice per hectare of land after being given a minimum of N210,000 per hectare to cover farm inputs and seedlings.
By Soni Daniel,
Northern Region Editor
For the first time, Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Abubakar Bagudu, has
revealed the strategies adopted by his administration to turn the state
into the leading rice-producing centre in Nigeria, giving farmers real
value for their labour and investments in the process.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/actualised-kebbi-rice-dream-gov-bagudu/
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/actualised-kebbi-rice-dream-gov-bagudu/
By Soni Daniel,
Northern Region Editor
For the first time, Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Abubakar Bagudu, has
revealed the strategies adopted by his administration to turn the state
into the leading rice-producing centre in Nigeria, giving farmers real
value for their labour and investments in the process.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/actualised-kebbi-rice-dream-gov-bagudu/
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/actualised-kebbi-rice-dream-gov-bagudu/
By Soni Daniel,
Northern Region Editor
For the first time, Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Abubakar Bagudu, has
revealed the strategies adopted by his administration to turn the state
into the leading rice-producing centre in Nigeria, giving farmers real
value for their labour and investments in the process.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/actualised-kebbi-rice-dream-gov-bagudu/
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/actualised-kebbi-rice-dream-gov-bagudu/
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