Yobe State Governor, Hon. Mai Mala Buni has flagged off the distribution of the North East Development Commission, NEDC’s dry season farming inputs to farmers across the 17 local government areas the state.
At least, 1,500 small scale dry season farmers are targeted in the current exercise to benefit from the scheme across the 17 local government areas of the state.
While flagging off the distribution, Buni, represented by his deputy, Hon. Idi Barde Gubana, said NEDC has always been there for Yobe and beyond, to give full support to the farmers of the region.
According to him, the dry season farming support from NEDC is apt and timely, noting that it will go a long way in providing food in the state and the nation at large.
He urged the beneficiaries to make good use of the farm inputs for the benefit of their communities and the state in general.
In his response, NEDC’s Managing Director, Mohammed Goni Alkali, who was represented by the Commission’s Yobe State Coordinator, Prof. Ali Ibrahim Abbas, expressed delight with the gradual return of peace to most communities in the state and pledged that the Commission would do more.
