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The Federal Government has been lauded for its efforts toward improving agricultural productivity and ensuring food sufficiency across the country.
This is coming at a time the International Monetary Fund; IMF is urging the Nigerian government to give top priority to addressing food insecurity.
The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu gave the commendation when he led a delegation of Kwara North stakeholders to the site of the ongoing construction of the Bode-Saadu-Kaiama-Kosubosu road of the state.
Rt. Hon. Engr. Danladi-Salihu explained that the road, which was awarded by the Federal Government to BUA Group of Company through a tax credit initiative would prove to be a jinx breaker to farmers’ inability to bring their produce to the capital and other parts of the neighborhoods due to poor road network.
He also noted that the road will serve as the gateway between all the five Local Government Areas in the Kwara North to the Kwara Central and South as well as other neighboring states.
“Before now, farmers from the Kwara Northern part of the state would have to go through either Niger or Oyo states to travel within, but with this road construction, travel time for people and goods especially farm produce would be shortened and less herculean as movements from Baruten, Edu, Moro, Patigi, and Kaiama Local Government Areas to the capital and other neighboring states will no longer be a problem”, the Speaker explained.
The Speaker who is the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC Conference Speakers in Nigeria also noted that farmers from the Kwara North which is reputed as the food basket of the state, can contribute massively to food sufficiency in the country which will ultimately crash food prices.
“In Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, we have a Governor that means well for his people and we also have a President that listens to our Governor, if not all that, we would not even have an idea about the tax credit initiative, so on behalf of the stakeholders from the Kwara North especially our traditional, community, religious and political leaders, we are grateful to the President and the Governor for this massive project that will fastrack development in our state”.
On their part, Hon Abdullah Danbaba, Hon. Nafisat Buge, Rt. Hon. Matthew Okedare and other stakeholders who also spoke on the tour commented on the economic benefit of the road and applauded President Tinubu and Governor AbdulRazaq for the infrastructural development.
The road, awarded by the Federal Government and facilitated by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq when completed will link Bode Saadu-Kaiama-Kosubosu; Bacita-Shonga-Lafiagi; Eiyenkorin-Afon-Offa-Odo Ottin; and Okuta-Bukuro Road, and then connects to the Benin Republic.
In the company of the Rt. Hon. Speaker were his counterparts in the House of Assembly, Hon. Medinat AbdulRaheem, Hon. Musa Abdulkareem, Hon Gideon Saba, Hon Abdullah Danbaba, Hon Lawal Ayanshola, and Hon Muhammad Baba Salihu. Others are the Commissioner for Youths, Hon. Musa Buge, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs Hon. Abdullah Bata, Hon. Shehu Ndanusa Usman as well as TIC Chairmen of Baruten, Edu, Moro, Patigi, and Kaiama Local Government areas, Mallam Bello Taoheed, Alhaji Umar Shero, Mr. Muhammad Baba Ibrahim among other stakeholders.
