Wale Jagun with Bolu Oresajo & Esther (SIWES Student)
-As Senator compliment Tinubu’s food security program
Many of the farmers in Lagos East Senatorial District that benefitted from the 1200 bags of fertilisers distributed by Sen. Tokunbo Abiru, has commended the gesture, stating that it would boost their farm produce.
They also said the gesture would enable them to sell their farm produce at a cheaper rate, after they were presented with bags of fertilisers at the Senatorial office of the lawmaker in Ikorodu, on Thursday.
This exercise is coming two months after the Senator distributed fertilizers provided by the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to boost food production and security to farmers in his senatorial district.
In his remarks, the Senator Abiru disclosed that the initiative was meant to complement the efforts of the President Tinubu government’s Renewed Hope agenda on food security, stressing that the government was passionate about fighting hunger.
He was represented by his Media Aide, Mr. Enitan Olukotun.
Dr Hakeem Adetugbobo, the Coordinator of Agric-related empowerment for Senator Abiru, also commended Senator Abiru for the laudable initiative.
“ We are fast moving into mechanised farming from subsistence farming. We should be thankful to the Senator for his efforts at ensuring that our farmers are well catered for”, he said.
He further disclosed that the Senator has also set up farmers cooperatives in Lagos East Senatorial District, for easy access to funds for their business operations.
Mrs Marget Onah, who has her farm inside LASUSTECH, said that her crops would be sold at cheap rate due to the Senator’s gesture.
“I would sell my crops at a low rate due to the fertilizer being shared to us by the Senator. I really appreciate the gesture being shown to us by the Senator, with the distribution of fertilizers to be used for our farming activities in order for us boost our farm crops”.
Another famer who also has her farm inside LASUSTECH, Miss Ojukutu Zainab, said that the fertilizer would assist her vegetables to grow very well, adding that the Senator’s gesture will reduce the cost of the farm produce.
“We are being given this fertilizer in order for us to boost our farm produce. During the sunny season, the vegetables don’t germinate well, but with the help of the fertilizer being distributed to us , it will help our vegetable to come out well.
“For instance, if I was the one that bought the fertilizer, I would sell my bed of crop at the rate of N1300, but due to distribution of the fertilizer by the Senator, I would sell my farm bed at the rate of N800.
“I thank the Senator for distributing fertilizers to farmers”, she said.
Alhaja Onifade Muslimot, one of the beneficiaries from Igbogbo Bayeku LCDA, expressed gratitude her to Senator Abiru, saying that farmers can now be proud to identify themselves as farmers as a result of the support received from Senator Abiru.
Mrs Blessing Nwaezawa and Mr Dauda Taiwo, who were also beneficiaries, said the fertilizers will go a long way in boosting their farm yields.
It will be recalled that prior to this time, Senator Abiru had facilitated agric initiatives and support to farmers in the district, like the distribution of farms inputs, including fertilizers, seedlings, and herbicides to over 300 crop farmers, and the provision of fully vaccinated chickens, feeds, and cages for over 100 livestock poultry farmers in the Senatorial District.
Prominent community leaders, including leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Ikorodu and stakeholders in the agriculture sector, attended the distribution exercise. They include: Chairman Ikorodu West LCDA, Hon Sulaimon Kazeem Olanrewaju, Arc Taiwo Kara, Deaconess Wonu Osinowo, APC Lagos East Women Leader, Alhaji Jimoh Tijani, Hon. Princess Adebimpe Akinsola, Dr. Hakeem Adetugbobo, Alhaji Shehu Usman Sampam,Alhaji Rilwan Ishola Jinadu, Alhaji Sulaimon Musiliu, Bishop Olajide Odusoga and South West Chairman, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Otunba (Dr.) Femi Oke, represented Mrs Adeola Adewunmi- Malik, among others.
