Jigawa State Governor Umar Namadi has slashed the price of fertiliser by 50 per cent to boost agricultural productivity in the state.
The State Committee on Fertiliser and the governor’s Chief of Staff, Sen. Mustapha Makama, disclosed the governor’s decision after the committee’s meeting at the ALGON Secretariat in Dutse.
He said NPK fertiliser would be sold at N28,800 per bag. The gesture according to him is aimed at improving farming activities and enhancing food production and security in the state and the country at large.
The governor, however, warned fertiliser vendors and agents against moving the commodities outside the state, saying that anyone caught would face punishment.
According to him, “we will ensure no such fertiliser goes outside the state, therefore checkpoints will be mounted on roads entering the state to prevent the fertiliser from being taken outside the state.”
The Managing Director of the Jigawa Agricultural Supply Company, JASCO, Rabi’u Khalid, said the state government had set aside over N2 billion for the purchase of fertiliser.
He noted that the government had already commenced distribution of the product across the 47 JASCO functional stores in the state and advised farmers to visit any store to make their purchases.
This development comes at a time when farmers nationwide are lamenting the high cost of fertiliser, a development that threatens food production across the country.
Gov Namadi slashes fertiliser price by 50%
