Bauchi Governor fumes over agro-inputs adulteration by merchants
From Ahmad Saka, Bauchi
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has expressed outrage at the reports of the adulteration of agricultural inputs by “unpatriotic citizens”, selling such inputs to innocent farmers in the state.
Governor Mohammed was flagging off the state’s fertilizer sales, Saturday, at Nabardo, Toro Local Government Area.
“I consider this as an act of sabotage and the perpetrators would be traced, apprehended and sanctioned appropriately,” he said.
Sen. Mohammed directed the state’s Ministried of Agriculture and Rural Development and Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs to immediately constitute a task force committee comprising security agencies and all other stakeholders to arrest and deal with all culprits accordingly.
He said, “Already, I am aware that Agro-input dealers union of the State have started fighting against this bad habit, and I am assuring you of the support of the State Government.”
He said in keeping with its firm commitment to boosting agricultural production in the state, the state government had decided to make fertilizer available and affordable to farmers by subsidizing the price of the commodity.
Consequently, a 50Kg bag of NPK is to be sold at N15,000 as a 50Kg bag of Urea is sold at N20,000 this year in Bauchi State.
