Governor Umaru Bago of Niger State explains that due to large ungoverned spaces in Niger State, the government will extend discussion with Bandit to encourage them to embrace peace rather than fighting.
Governor Bego stated this during the distribution of farm input to six hundred and forty farmers across the twenty-five local government areas of the state, which was held in Minna, the state capital.
The Governor calls on farmers to cultivate crops and remain resolute as the government has created a ministry of nomadic and pastoral affairs to bring the Fulanis into the fold of governance.
He added that the state government will cultivate two hundred and fifty hectares of land for different crops of comparative advantage in each of the twenty-five local government areas of the state beginning from the next cropping season.
Items distributed to farmers include 78 metric tonnes of NPK and Urea fertilizer, 4.75 metric tonnes of rice, maize, and sorghum seeds as well as some implements. The support is in collaboration with the Niger State government, Fadama-Nigeria Covid-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus and Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) is supported by World Bank.
