Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has engaged 6,111 farmers into the state’s mega farm schemes in 10 local government areas of the state. He said the schemes will encourage farmers and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) return to their communities and fully engage in farming activities.

This was disclosed Monday by the Commissioner of Agriculture, Alhaji Bukar Talba, at an inter-ministerial briefing in Maiduguri, the state capital. “They are to farm alongside these mega farms and beef up security apparatus,” he said, adding that they are also to expand farmlands with protections provided by Agro Rangers, Civilian JTF and hunters, while on the farms.

He said the activation of mega farms, was to produce rice, maize, groundnuts, beans and sesame seeds in the targeted 10 councils. He further said the siting of farms in Konduga, Ngala, Dikwa, Mafa, Gubio, Damboa, Biu, Askira/Uba, Magumeri and Kaga was based on councils’ comparative advantage of producing five different crops.

“Insurgency has led to massive displacements and high levels of food insecurity in the state. “The overall impact has led to great losses in livestock, destruction of irrigation and farming facilities,” he said. He said agriculture provides 90 percent of employment for rural populace that relied on farming as food security and means of livelihood.

“The state government’s policy thrust is massive investments in the agricultural sector to modernise and transform it into job creation and sustain economic growth.

“We’re creating a policy that encourages farmers’ greater access to farming activities,” he said.

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This guy is trying, I've seen many media stories to his being an efficient governor.
So as long as it's not audio, I say thumbs up to u sir.