By Iyabo Adebisi
Beneficiaries of farm assets materials from the Oyo State government have lauded the Governor Seyi Makinde-led government for assisting them with needed materials that will enhance their food production.
The smallholder farmers in Ogo Oluwa and Afijio Local Government Areas of Oyo State, comprising genuine local farmers and the Nasarawa-trained Youth in Agribusiness Programme, YEAP gave the commendation while receiving farm assets materials from the state government.
Some of the beneficiaries who spoke with journalists in their separate remarks could not hide their feelings as they all commended the state government over the intervention project.
In Afijio Local Government Secretariat at Jobele, no fewer than ten poultry farmers went home with ten bags of feed for their birds, while 20 went home to their various homes with knapsack sprayers and farm protection kits.
Also, the Director of Agric of the local government in Ogo-Oluwa, Prince Bello Ajibola after the distribution of pumping machines, knapsack sprayers, and farm kits at Ogo Oluwa Local Government Secretariat, Ajawa, Ogbomoso, thanked Governor Makinde for the intervention.
Prince Ajibola said the beneficiaries should see the development as an avenue to do more for their immediate communities by providing more food for society.
The Oyo State Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus, (Oyo N-CARES) Project under Oyo State Agribusiness Development Agency (OYSADA) in the last few weeks have commenced the distribution of farm assets to farmers that were negatively affected by Covid-19 to mitigate the effect of the pandemic.
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