Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State, has warned middlemen against hoarding of fertilizers products in the state.
Al-Makura gave the warning in Kwandere, a suburb of Lafia, the state capital, during the official flag off of the sales of fertilizer for 2018 farming season.
The governor, disclosed that state government has commission a China company to study soil texture to produce the appropriate fertilizer for the state.
“My dear farmers, ladies and gentlemen, let me warn that no individual or group should purchase the commodity in order to sell at exorbitant rates to the actual farmers. Government has devised
strategies of apprehending anybody who indulges in this unwholesome act and shall be dealt decisively”
“I need to point out that, in our determination to harness the agricultural potentials in the State, Government has procured four fertilizer blending plants from China which have been installed in
each of the three senatorial zone of the State. In this…
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