Abakaliki — Over one hundred thousand farmers in Ebonyi State have benefited from the Federal Government's agriculture input subsidy programme.
The Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, disclosed this at this year's flag off of farming season in Ebonyi State.
Dr. Adesina noted that the feat was achieved in 2014 alone, assuring that as soon as the dust of transition settles the federal government would kick-start its agricultural programmes.
"Because even the incoming administration has said as far as agricultural programmes are concerned, they are going to sustain them," the minister added.
Represented by a director in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Dr. Anselem Okpara, the minister pointed out that "Ebonyi State remains one of the largest producers of rice in Nigeria and because of that, the federal government does not joke with anything that concerns agriculture in the state.
While congratulating the state government for the feat it has achieved in the agricultural sector as well as its sustained partnership with the federal government, he assured that every agricultural grant from the government due for the state would be given to it.
A total of 2,430 units of agricultural machinery were procured for the 2015 farming season which cost the state government the sum of N368,468,639,17 were given to relevant institutions and agencies, according to the state Commissioner for Agriculture, Chief Romanus Nwasum.
(DailyTrust)
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