Farmers Seek Reduction In Prices Of Agricultural Inputs

Farmers in Bauchi State have called on the Tinubu-led Federal Government to evolve a policy initiative that could bring down prices of agricultural inputs and implements across the country.

The appeal was made by the state patron of Farmers Voice for Tinubu (FV4T), Alh Sagir Aminu while speaking with journalists yesterday in Bauchi.

He noted with dissatisfaction how farmers in the state and generally in the North cultivated their crops this outgoing rainy season due to the high prices of agricultural inputs and implements.

Alh Saleh, a former deputy governor of the state, was responding to an award of patron bestowed on him by the FV4T at a ceremony held in Bauchi.

Saleh said, “I passionately request an initiative that would lead to the reduction in the prices of agricultural inputs, implements, especially fertiliser, agro-chemicals, agricultural implements, among others, to facilitate bumper harvest and ensure food security for the nation.”

According to the former deputy governor, the initiative, when evolved by the Tinubu-led administration, will boost agricultural developments and galvanise support from farmers at the grassroots for the re-election of the president, Bola Tinubu and the vice president, Kashim Shettima, in the 2027 presidential election.

Others bestowed with the awards of patron and ambassadorship are Hajiya Sadiya Kabir (patron), Engr Ali Abdullahi (patron), with the position of ambassadorship going to Alh Idris Mohammed Abdullahi and Hajiya Saude Yakubu Wanka.