Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State saidthe state government will
engage in massive dry season farming in order to tackle food shortage and
mitigate the effect of this year’s flood which destroyed farmlands in
different parts of the state.
As part of measure to actualise the plan, the state government said it will
distribute assorted fertilizers and other farm implements fro dry season
farming so as to encourage them to engage in irrigation farming.
A statement issued by his spokesman, Imam Imam in Sokoto on Saturday said
that Tambuwal disclosed this when he received the members of some farmers’
groups who visited him.
According to the governor, “the state government will in this direction
purchase assorted fertlizers and sell same to the farmers atý highly
subsidized prices.
“We will also buy other agricultural inputs and implements that will be
distributed to our farmers.ý The state government will also sustain its
gesture of buying improved seeds and seedlings, pesticides and herbicides,
among others,” he promised.
Tambuwal further explained that his administration will sink adequate
tube-wells for the farmers, construct more earth dam and water silos to
conserve
water for the farmers. “This proactive action is aimed at supplementing
for these hugeý losses to avert food shortages this year and beyond,” he
added.