Member representing Chibok, Damboa and Gwoza Federal Constituency, Ahmed Jaha has decried the killing of 10 farmers in 10 days in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State.
In an interview after flagging off the distribution of starter packs to the most vulnerable farmers in his constituency at the multipurpose hall of the Government House in Maiduguri on Wednesday, the federal representative said, “as I’m talking to you now, farmers are not safe in my constituency”.
He noted that farmers have been killed at the geometrical level in his constituency.
According to him, “In ten days ten farmers were killed, at the beginning, six farmers were killed, later on, they beheaded two, yesterday when I was busy in the constituency condoling the families of the victims, they came and killed two farmers again”.
“My people are not safe, I’m saying this with a full sense of responsibility, particularly the peasant farmers,” said Jaha.
Jaha explained that it is a constitutional responsibility of the federal government to provide security to all citizens but Borno state government is investing heavily to complement the federal government efforts in achieving relative security in the state.
He said as a member of House Committee on the Army, he is expecting Army to do more than what they are doing in the fight against Boko Haram in the Northeast, taking into consideration the huge amount of money budgeted for the Army alone in the 4 past years.
“In 2022 we budgeted N591.B out of which less than N50b was for the capital expenditure while the remaining was for the recurrent expenditure, so what I’m saying is that the government is investing a huge amount of money in security in the country without proper supervision on how they spend that money”.
“I’m sure the current administration of Asiwaju Bola which we consider as a team player, who plays along with the team players, he will give you what you want but he will make sure that the money appropriated is being used for the purpose intended”.
The lawmaker, further explained that he distributed the materials and machines, including fridges, electric generators and farming equipment to restore the livelihoods of the farmers in the constituency.
“The distribution of empowerment materials; is based on the merits and needs of our people in their various businesses and trades”.
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