Bauchi government earmarks N300m for agricultural inputs

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Muhammad has earmarked N300million for the procurement of agricultural inputs and rehabilitation of stores as part of the government’s effort to ensure bumper harvest in the 2020 wet season.

The State Commissioner of Agriculture, Pharmacist Samaila Adamu Burga, and the General Manager, Bauchi State Agricultural Company (BASAC), Alhaji Ibrahim Yusha’u Isah, stated this while interacting with reporters in Bauchi over the weekend.

They said out of the money, N200 million was used to procure seeds, herbicides, insecticides, chemicals, fungicides, knapsacks sprayers, and other inputs that will help farmers for a bumper harvest.

BASAC general manager on his part said the sum of 100 million was earmarked for rebuilding and rehabilitation of inherited BASAC stores that were dilapidated due to neglect by previous governments.