Idris Ahmed, Lokoja.
In a bid to boost agriculture and economic activities, Kogi state government has procured 100 tractors for distribution to farmers across the 21 local government areas of the state.
Governor Yahaya Bello, while commissioning the tractors at the old stadium on Wednesday in Lokoja, said his administration will always satisfy the yearnings of the people without being pressurised.
He said “the government is very sensitive to the needs of the people and has to act appropriately before they start complaining”.
The governor explained that the state being blessed with human and natural resources , has no option than to utilise them for rapid development, stressing that his administration is poised to ensure equitable distribution of socio- economic amenities to the people.
Bello, who lamented the devastation of farmlands by the flood , urged farmers to redouble their efforts in the quest at providing food and economic stability. ” Farmers are our hope inspite of all other considerations and that is why they should be assisted”.
He therefore charged the Directors of Local Governments ( DLGs), who are presently administering the local governments to ensure equity in the allocation and proper maintenance of the tractors.
Commissioner for local government and chieftaincy affairs, Barrister Salami Ozigi Deedat, noted with admiration ,the governor’s passion for food security as farming implements and inputs have been the hallmark of his administration.
” There is no doubt the fact that the distribution of 100 tractors to the 21 local government areas is not only unprecedented in the history of Kogi state, but a major revolution in the agricultural sector that has the capacity to guarantee food security of the state in particular and contribute to the food sufficiency of the nation in general”, the Commissioner said.
