The demand was made by farmers at a programme organized by the Nigeria Economic Summit Group, NESG, with the theme: Regional Sensitisation for Smallholder Farmers in North-Central in collaboration with Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, AGRA and supported by the United States Agency for International Development, USAID.

Speaking on behalf of the farmers drawn from Niger, Nasarawa and Federal Capital Territory, FCT, the National Programme Coordinator, ASSAPIN, Yarima Charles, expressed dismay over the delay in passing the bills by NASS, and also emphasized the impact the bills would make in promoting agribusiness and food security. Charles called on NASS to speed up passage of the bills into law before the inauguration of the 9th Assembly in June 2019 because farmers are frustrated.

He said: “Specifically, you cannot do farming activities in Nigeria first without having access to improved seeds and without fertilizers. These two things are critical even though the land is also one of the critical aspects of it.

“By the time you have improved seeds and access to fertilizer so that you would be able to engage in appropriate farming techniques and you embark on effective farm management it would increase yield to farmers per hectare, and when the yield increases, the farmers will have a surplus in productivity and sell, also to take care of other issues concerning them and their families.

“When these three bills are passed into law, it has a multi-sectoral impact, it would lead to improved quality of manpower in the agricultural sector

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