Oyo State Govt Flags Off Free Distribution of 21,000 Bags of Fertilizers to Farmers

…As Farmers urged to utilize fertilizers for abundant food production

Oyo State Government in collaboration with federal government, has flagged off free distribution of assorted fertilizers to farmers across the 33 local government areas in the state.

Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Barrister Olasunkanmi Olaleye, flagged off the distribution at the fertilizer store, Iseyin road, Oyo town with 250 farmers from Akinyele local government area.

Barrister Olaleye, said the 21, 000 bags of assorted fertilizers from the federal government to support farmers in the state will be distributed in two bags per farmer.

He therefore encouraged farmers not to resell the fertilizer but apply it on their farmland for abundance food items in the state.

In the address of Oyo State coordinator, federal ministry of Agriculture and food security, Dr. Florence Kakulu represented by Agric officer of the ministry, Mrs. Bilikis Abdulateef, said in its support to cushion economic effect on food production, CBN donated 2,000,000 bags of assorted fertilizer to Federal
Government to enhance food security in Nigeria.

She therefore charged beneficiaries to let the efforts of both state and federal governments reflect in their productivity during the harvest.

Some of the farmers that benefited from free distribution of the 21, 000 bags of fertilizer, pledge to reciprocate gesture of federal and state governments which they described as timely for dry season farming, assuring that the impact will be felt among the populace through better yield.