Ranking Member, House of Representatives, representing Ondo East/West federal constituency, Honourable Abiola Peter Makinde, has distributed 600 bags of fertilisers received from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security to farmers in the constituency.
The distribution exercise held simultaneously in both Ondo East and West that made up the Federal Constituency saw farmers received 350 bags of the fertilisers in Ondo West while Ondo East farmers received 250 bags.
Beneficiary groups included the Cassava farmers association, Ondo West chapter, Obalagbe Farmers Association, Farmers’ congress Ondo East/West chapter, Members of Ondo Ekimogun Youth Congress who recently secured 60 hectares of land for community farming in the local government and several others.
Additionally, farmers in remote areas who could not be physically present due to distance were well represented.
Makinde, who is the Chairman of the House of Representatives Human Rights Committee while reiterating his commitment to supporting farmers in his constituency, saying: “As part of my campaign mantra WEALTH meaning Water Education Agriculture Light Training and Wealth, agriculture represents a key part of the agenda of my representation and is also the backbone of our economy.
“We must support our farmers to ensure food security and economic growth which will by extension, translate to prosperity for our country, Nigeria. Our farmers can be rest assured of many more interventions to come in months to come as we aim to achieve self-sufficiency in our Federal Constituency.”
Farmers who received the fertilisers expressed their gratitude to Hon Makinde and the Federal Government. One of the farmers said: “The fertilisers will boost our production and improve our livelihoods.
“We are grateful to Honourable Makinde for continually bringing this support to our doorstep. It shows he cares about our well-being and committed to our progress and general development.
Another beneficiary said that farmers are fully confident in the administration of His Excellency, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the representation of Abiola Makinde as he has never let them down.
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