Tambuwal & Sultan Of Sokoto Flag Off Supply Of 70% Subsidy Fertiliser 2 Farmers

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal and Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Saad
Abubakar Tuesday flagged off sales of fertilizer for 2016 cropping season in
Sokoto state.
Speaking at the event, which took place at Silami LGA, Tambuwal announced
that the state government has subsidized the cost of commodity by 70 percent
to enable farmers enhance production.
He said the government has procured three types of fertilizers which include
Urea, NPK and SSP brands.
“This year, Urea brand, bought by the government at N6859, will be sold to
farmers at the price of N2,300; NPK, which was procured at the cost N6,400,
will be sold at the rate of N2,200 while SSP, also bought at the rate of N6,400,
will be sold to our farmers at the rate of N2,100,” the Governor said.
Tambuwal added that is administration would not relent on efforts to improve
agriculture.
According to him, government has also procured 19,620 bags of rice seeds of
50kg size to be distributed to rice farmers for the 2016 wet and dry season
farming.
“In the same vein, certified seeds of onions and lettuce have been sourced for
distribution to vegetable farmers in Goronyo, Rabah, Wurno, Kware, Tambuwal,
Wamakko, Silame, Kebbe, Sokoto North and Shagari LGAs,” he added.
Tambuwal said government will continue to explore avenues to enhance water
management especially for the two major dams in the state, in order to
mitigate flooding and its negative consequences, and at the same time
improve wet and dry season farming.
About 9,000 metric tones of fertilizer was procured by the government for the
2016 cropping season.