By Bode Olushegun
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has distributed varieties of farm input to 1,200 farmers in Damasak to boost food production during the dry season.
Damasak is the headquarters of Mobbar local government area in the North Senatorial district of the state.
Zulum traveled in the company of the senator representing the area and an indigene of Damasak, Abubakar Kyari.
The governor, who was in Damasak on Saturday, distributed water pumps as key components of irrigation, fertilizer, seeds, chemicals and N5,000 each to the 1,200 farmers, all of whom will be cultivating rice and onions among other food crops.
The event was facilitated by the state’s ministry of agriculture, under its commissioner, Engr Bukar Talba who spoke at the launch.
Damasak community members, led by Senator Kyari, thanked Zulum for his unquantifiable support, expressing their determination to increase food production in line with the governor’s vision in agriculture.
The governor has always had it as one of his cardinal points that unless resettled communities engage in agricultural activities, there could be problems resulting from unsustainable dependence on food aid from donors.
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