Tag: Farmers

‘Farmers in North pay bandits up to N100, 000 for permission to farm’ – Intel Report

Aminu Imam

A new report by SB Morgan Intelligence has revealed that farmers across the North pay as much as N100, 000 to access their farmlands during the planting or harvest season. Failure to do so usually results in forfeiture of harvest, abduction or even death. This revelation mirrors the security situation across Northern-Nigeria where non-state actors hold sway in the absence of state security officials. According to the report, bandits in some communities in Kaduna, farmers have been forced to pay between N70, 000 and N100, 000 for permission to farm.…

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Agric Intervention: FG mulls measures to sieve out fake ‘political’ farmers

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has said it was working on stringent measures to sieve out fake and ‘political’ farmers who usually hijack agricultural intervention inputs, meant for genuine farmers. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, disclosed this in Abuja when he received a courtesy visit from the Governor of Jigawa State, Umar Namadi. Kyari noted that solving the issues of food insecurity in the country was a task that required direct connection with genuine farmers across the country, who he said should have access to Government intervention. He…

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“Cost of living killing us”, Female farmers beg FG for palliatives

Aminu Imam

The Small-Scale Women Farmers Organisation of Nigeria, has urged the Federal Government for inclusion in the palliative measures being distributed across the country, following the decision of President Bola Tinubu to remove the subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol, and the unification of the foreign exchange market by the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN). The President of the female farmers, Mary Afan, who stated this at a press briefing in Abuja yesterday, lamented that it was no longer news that the prices of transportation, food prices, goods…

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25million jobs at stake, as farmers lament poultry sector on verge of collapse

Aminu Imam

Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), South-West zone, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Governors from the South-West geo-political zone to save the poultry sub-sector from total collapse. While urging the Federal Government to intervene and save the sector from imminent collapse, it stated that the challenges facing the association are enormous presently. Speaking on behalf of the association in Ibadan, the PAN Chairman, South-West zone, Gideon Oluleye, said that the issue of naira redesign dealt a major blow on the viability of the sector that…

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2023: North-West Zone farmers lament insecurity, corruption

Aminu Imam

…Pledge support for Atiku Some farmers from the North-west geo-political zone have pledged to support the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. The farmers, who spoke at the weekend, during a town hall meeting organised by Atiku’s campaign council, said they are confident that if elected, Atiku will address insecurity and other challenges bedevilling farmers in the region. During the meeting, which was attended by farmers from Kano, Jigawa, Katsina, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kaduna, and Kebbi States, the Atiku campaign council promised to tackle the farmers-herders crisis, if…

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4m Nigerian farmers to benefit from fresh $109m UK funding

Aminu Imam

The United Kingdom (UK) Government has disclosed that it will provide new funding to help Nigerian farmers adapt to the impact of climate change while improving productivity in the country. The UK government is investing £95 million ($109 million) in the programme, which is targeting four million farmers including 2 million women to scale up sustainable farming practices “such as heat and flood tolerant crop varieties and integrated soil fertility management,” the UK said in an emailed statement. The funding comes as the West African nation is experiencing the worst…

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On the Emerging Narratives of Hausa/Fulani Animus in the Northwest

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

By; Dr Raji Bello. The past few years have witnessed a gradual emergence of references in public commentary and social media to a potential or actual rupture of relations between Hausa and Fulani groups in the Northwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Prior to this, the two groups had enjoyed a largely harmonious relationship for much of their history which was only punctuated during the period of the establishment of the Sokoto Caliphate. Since Nigeria came into being at the turn of the 20th century, conflict between the two groups was…

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Farmers not repaying loans; believe it’s ‘national cake’ – CBN laments

Aminu Imam

The Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), has lamented that farmers refuse to pay back the loans obtained under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP), believing it’s ‘national cake’. A spokesperson for CBN, Sadeeq Ajayi, said, “Many of the farmers refused to pay back their loans due to misconception that since CBN is the lender, the loan is a ‘national cake’ and they do not have to pay back what they consider theirs as citizens”. Ajayi said their refusal to pay back the loans has made it difficult for others to access…

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Kaduna: Farmers threaten to carry arms over incessant kidnapping, killings

Aminu Imam

…’Ansaru, Boko Haram regrouping in B/Gwari forests – Indigenes raise alarm Farmers from communities across five local government areas of Kaduna State on Saturday protested incessant killings and kidnap of their members as well as their inability to access their farmlands due to activities of bandits terrorising the State. The farmers, however, vowed that if the security challenges persist in the areas without a solution, they may be forced to take arms against their attackers. The farmers, whose groups cut across towns and areas such as Kajuru, Mararaban Rido, Kachia,…

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FEC approves N1.4bn to equip youth farmers

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of N1.4 billion for the procurement of equipment and agricultural inputs for the National Youth Farmers’ Scheme. Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after the FEC meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said that four contracts were awarded for the scheme and expressed optimism that the projects would encourage youths to go into agriculture. “The other memo on behalf of the president is…

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