Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago has disclosed that Niger State realised N600 billion from agriculture and different associated companies by the private and non-private sectors in 2024.
The farmer governor disclosed this on Wednesday when he acquired members of the Growing-8 (D-8) group, an intergovernmental organisation, on the Authorities Home in Minna.
In accordance with an announcement signed by the governor’s spokesperson, Bologi Ibrahim, the D-8 group got here to current a partnership proposal to Niger State.
Ibrahim quoted Bago as saying that the one strategy to maintain meals safety, present employment to the youth, and scale back insecurity and different social vices is to key into new strategies in crop manufacturing, irrigation farming, animal husbandry, and livestock administration.
Bago, who additionally spoke concerning the monumental benefit of the state’s land mass with nice potential for agriculture and livestock, stated mechanised farming must be embraced by all as a way to obtain the goal of feeding the nation.
He additionally disclosed to members of the group that the state authorities, in collaboration with colleges by the introduction of college farms, has enabled the inclusion of crop manufacturing into faculty syllabuses to reinforce college students’ talent growth for the long run.
“By way of collaboration with the D-8 group, Niger State can profit so much, particularly by way of renewable vitality, which he described as important for any agricultural growth,” Bago stated.
Ibrahim added that the governor stated a committee can be set as much as set up a timeline to scale up the settlement between each events, the place the state will determine what it desires from the group and in what capability the group can are available.
