![]() ![]() This has been communicated to the Farmer Associations accordingly’’. He disclosed that in the roll out distribution exercise, “at least 35% of the agricultural inputs are targeted at women farmers in line with the targets set in our National Gender Plan and Policies aimed at ensuring increased opportunities for women. These seeds, seedlings, nuts, vines and other inputs are being given to farmers free’’. Nanono said the Ministry “is also supporting groundnut farmers through the Groundnut Producers, Processors and Marketers Association (GPPMAN) with improved 3 mt groundnut seeds. Potatoes farmers will benefit from 1,500 bundles of orange-fleshed sweet potatoes that were distributed at the occasion, and 200 litres of pathway organic solution for the yam farmers’’. In addition, yam farmers through their national association and other cooperative groups will be supported with 20,000 nos one node vine cuttings and 10,000 nos foundation seeds of yam as well as 200 litres of pathway organic growth enhancer. He further said that ‘’ the Ministry is distributing 20,000 cocoa seedlings over 5,000 oil palm sprouted nuts and 1,500 kg cashew seeds to farmers in Imo state. The minister informed that ‘’ the distribution of agricultural inputs to smallholder farmers which include different categories of seeds, seedlings of cocoa, sprouted nuts of oil palm, vines of orange flesh, sweet potatoes, one node vine cuttings of yam and its seeds and groundnut seeds as part of the Ministry’s interventions to reduce the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural production in Nigeria and prevent food scarcity in 2021. President’s desire to ensure easy access to quality food and nutrition by Nigerians. The Minister noted that ‘’the Ministry is supporting breeder and foundation seeds production and linking up with the private seed companies to make certified seeds available to farmers’’.Īlhaji Nanono also stressed that ‘’ this coupled with our efforts to improve rural infrastructure and other value-chains supports would invariably contribute to the attainment of Mr. Alhaji Sabo Nanono explained that ‘’through this effort and other complementary interventions by different stakeholders, the government hopes to increase quality seeds, the resilience of farmers, accessibility and the national food systems in general’’. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono disclosed this during the flag-off /roll-out ceremony of the distribution of free agricultural inputs to farmers at Hero Square, New Owerri, Owerri, Imo State over the weekend having performed similar task earlier in the South-South. “Furthermore, all aviation workers in Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, owerri are hereby directed to stay at home, also with effect from midnight today () as directed by NLC and TUC.The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment towards ensuring that Smallholder farmers across the country have access to quality seeds, stating that it is a foundation for attaining food and nutrition security and industrialization of the agricultural sector. “Our unions will make further efforts through our international affiliations to blacklist Hope Uzodimma worldwide. ![]() “In addition, the person of Hope Uzodimma, the Governor of Imo State is hereby declared persona non grata at all airports in Nigeria until he purges himself of bestial tendencies. The statement read: “Following the escalation of the imbroglio created by the mayhem unleashed on workers by the Imo State Government of Hope Uzodimma and continued insensitivity of the Government over the matter and in compliance with the directive of the joint NEC session of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), the above named unions, being affiliates of NLC and TUC, hereby direct all aviation workers (both public and private) to withdraw all services to all Owerri flights (inwards and outwards) from any airport in Nigeria with effect from midnight of (today). ![]()
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