By Olusegun Folarin
The Federal Government has empowered another batch of sixty cassava growers in Ogun State as part of efforts to strengthen food production in the country.
In a message to the empowerment programme held in Abeokuta, the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, reaffirmed government’s determination to sustain the implementation of programmes that would enhance the capacity of farmers.
Senator Kyari represented by an officer in the Ministry of Agriculture, Mr Isah Mohammed, said farmers who had earlier been trained were supported with the needed farm inputs, including fertilizers and insecticides to increase cassava production.
He appealed to the beneficiaries to use the inputs judiciously and complement the efforts of the federal government in addressing food insecurity in the country.
Also, The Ogun State Coordinator, Federal ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Dr Oluwatoyin Ajayi, gave the assurance that the empowerment programme would be a continuous exercise among farmers in the country, until the target of food sufficiency was achieved.
In a remark, the Acting Programme Manager, Ogun State Agricultural Development Programme, OGADEP, Mrs Solape Awe, represented by Mr Femi Akinniyi appreciated the Federal Government for the gesture and applauded the state government for supporting all efforts aimed at boosting farmers’ productivity.
Some of the beneficiaries including Mr Oke James thanked the Federal Government, and urged relevant authorities to sustain the intervention towards improving cassava production in the country.
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