Member representing Irepodun/Ifelodun Constituency 2 in the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Hon. Hakeem Jamiu, has distributed seedlings and agrochemicals to farmers in his constituency.
Jamiu who is representing his constituency in the seventh Ekiti Assembly, said the gesture was to boost food security and reduce hunger in the state.
The former deputy speaker of the state Assembly made the donation in his Igbemo Ekiti country home under his “Back to Farm Intervention and Constitution Engagement”.
He added that the agricultural inputs distribution was to contribute his own quota to tackle the prevailing food crisis in the country, particularly in Ekiti State.
The lawmaker disclosed that 153 local farmers in his constituency benefitted in the ‘Back to Farm Initiative’ from which was an opportunity to bring into practice the Ekiti State Food Security Law which he sponsored as a bill in the 6th Assembly when he served as the Deputy Speaker.
Jamiu explained further that the gesture to the benefitting farmers was also a way to create employment, generate wealth and encourage more people into farming ahead of the planting season.
