Niger gov’t distributes farm tools, inputs to farmers

The Niger State Government has flagged off the second phase of the distribution of agricultural tools and inputs worth millions of naira to Farmers and Labour-Intensive Public Workforce in the state.

The tools distributed include tractors, fertilizers, rice millers, multi-purpose threshers, hammer mills, power tillers and de-stoners.

Also distributed were rice transplanters, hand reapers, improved seedlings, herbicides, insecticides and water pumps.

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Distributing the items to beneficiaries in Minna, Governor Umaru Mohammed Bago who was represented by his Deputy, Yakubu Garba, said the distribution was towards the realization of the agricultural revolution policy under the “New Niger” agenda of his administration.