Gov. Abiodun fraudulently parading my rice farm as World Bank-assisted project belonging to Ogun - Farmer


A young farmer named Bello Zabarmawa has refuted the claims of Governor Dapo Abiodun and asserted that he is the owner of the 200-hectare rice plantation contrary to claims that the project was funded by Mr Abiodun’s administration with support from World Bank.

Last month, Mr Abiodun and his entourage including a crew of photographers and videographers, visited the rice plantation in Magboro in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state.

The governor posed for pictures holding the harvested rice grains while his media team parroted claims that Ogun has joined states such as Lagos and Bayelsa to grow local rice, raising expectations among residents for rice to be available at affordable prices..

But Mr Zabarmawa, a special adviser to Kebbi State Governor, debunked the claim saying the rice farm was his project, according to PM News.

Mr Zabarmawa was notified of the rice plantation-friendly soil in Magboro after one of his associates, Haruna, visited the village in 2019.


Mr Zabarmawa arranged to disburse an interest-free loan to about 200 farmers to plant rice on one hectare.

Given it was an untilled ground, he hired bulldozers and other farming equipment to clear the land and prepare it for planting season.

But given it was an enormous expanse of the land and project that community members including the village monarch welcomed with joy, Mr Zabarmawa was encouraged to seek the government’s assistance.

He paid N6 million to secure 220 hectares on lease and registered it with the “Young Service Grow” using “Alubarika Farms,” PM News quoted Mr Zabarmawa as saying.

He admitted that the Ogun State government supported the project by paying 50 per cent of the cost of clearing the ground and supplying fertilisers.

“When I started, the Ogun State Government promised and paid 50 per cent of the clearing cost why I paid the balance,” Mr Zabarmawa told PM News. “That time I was buying a bag of fertiliser for N45,000, I paid N23,000, and the government paid the remaining N22,000.”

According to Mr Zabarmawa, when the rice was ready for harvest, Ogun State governor visited the farm to inaugurate it, noting that his promises since then have gone unfulfilled

“There was a time I wanted to harvest, the governor himself came here. The commissioner has been here twice. It was the governor who flagged off the harvest. I was very happy that day,” Mr Zabarmawa disclosed. “But, I still need government support.”

The farmer lamented the high cost of running the rice plantation where he spends a minimum of N400,000 daily on labourers’ wages.

“I spend money to clear the land. I have a plan to clear 1,000 hectares. I’m calling for government support. I’ve brought in three bulldozers now. I’m the only one paying for now. I paid N600,000 to bring the bulldozers to the farm and I pay N400,000 labour on each of them every day.” Mr Zabarmawa bewailed.

The farmer said he gave out loans between N4 million and N6 million to about 60 farmers and solicited support from the government “so that we can meaningfully engage our youths who don’t have work to do.”

The farmer asserted that those he empowered “have become millionaires.”

Another farmer who was present at the store where Mr Zabarmawa purchased solar panels for the farm, informed the newspaper that the government only paid 35 per cent of the energy bill leaving Mr Zabarmawa to bear the larger financial burden.

Similarly, Yusuf Sulaiman, Secretary of the Albarika rice farmers, affirmed that Mr Zabarmawa was the one bankrolling the farmers and footing the bills.

A bureau de change operator turned farmer, Abu Garba, said he was a beneficiary of Mr Zabarmawa’s benevolence, stressing that he received a N5 million loan to start rice farming in Magboro and was able to harvest 500 bags of rice.

Mr Abiodun’s statement while inaugurating the harvest implied that the rice farm was solely the project of the Ogun State government with support from the World Bank.

“In this place, I have 12,500 hectares of land, and all we have farmed is 200 hectares that yielded N1 billion for 200 farmers. From here, I can feed the rest of the country. We will scale up this project immediately from 200 to 2,000 hectares and generate N30 billion in revenue,” Mr Abiodun said.

“This brings us closer to making Ogun State the food basket of the nation,” the governor said without mentioning Mr Zabarmawa with whom the state shared the fertiliser and clearing cost.

The governor’s aide, Abiodun Talabi, was not available for comments to clarify or debunk Mr Zabarmawa’s ownership claim to the rice farm.

https://gazettengr.com/gov-abiodun-fraudulently-parading-my-rice-farm-as-world-bank-assisted-project-belonging-to-ogun-farmer/

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Nonny95:
Gov. Abiodun fraudulently parading my rice farm as World Bank-assisted project belonging to Ogun - Farmer
A young farmer named Bello Zabarmawa has refuted the claims of Governor Dapo Abiodun and asserted that he is the owner of the 200-hectare rice plantation contrary to claims that the project was funded by Mr Abiodun’s administration with support from World Bank.
Last month, Mr Abiodun and his entourage including a crew of photographers and videographers, visited the rice plantation in Magboro in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state.
The governor posed for pictures holding the harvested rice grains while his media team parroted claims that Ogun has joined states such as Lagos and Bayelsa to grow local rice, raising expectations among residents for rice to be available at affordable prices..
But Mr Zabarmawa, a special adviser to Kebbi State Governor, debunked the claim saying the rice farm was his project, according to PM News.
Mr Zabarmawa was notified of the rice plantation-friendly soil in Magboro after one of his associates, Haruna, visited the village in 2019.
Mr Zabarmawa arranged to disburse an interest-free loan to about 200 farmers to plant rice on one hectare.
Given it was an untilled ground, he hired bulldozers and other farming equipment to clear the land and prepare it for planting season.
But given it was an enormous expanse of the land and project that community members including the village monarch welcomed with joy, Mr Zabarmawa was encouraged to seek the government’s assistance.

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To be correct, is this the same rice farm https://www.nairaland.com/8190353/ogun-govt-earns-n1billion-revenue#131597983

Lol

This is really sad

The Farmer is dubious and confused. The money Governor Dapo abiodun has been using to subsidize fertiliser for the Farmer is from world bank assisted project funding now.
Does Zabarmawa expect gov Dapo to use the money from his pocket?

Does the Farmer Zabarmawa think the money Ogun State Government paid to assist him in clearing the land for planting is coming from the Gov Dapo's personal funds?
He seems not to understand the meaning of the "World Bank-assisted project"

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Academian:
The Governor should hide his head in shame

Did you even bother to read that post.
Zabarmawa admitted he got funding from the state government now. Where does he think the funding is coming from?

Na their way

Oluwole street and fake Bishop people . Always trying to rewrite history and claim what’s not theirs

Kings of fraud worldwide .

The man should thank his gods that his skull is still intact at least

Dapo Abiodun is a notorious scammer in the USA hence the reason why he wants to pull off this scam.

TinubuCriminal:
The same governor that was jailed in the US for credit card fraud and had China seizing Nigerian assets after defrauding them.

Afonjah and fraud

Well he is the Governor and all that is in the Past.
Don't let the past hold you back from what you can become. Let that motivate you.

Same way Bul@ba keeps telling us how much profit we made from NNPCL while he’s the number customer everyday at World Bank looking for loan

His boys will finish stealing bread then come to nairaland to be shouting Jagaban

The headline doesn't match the content.
The government indeed supported the farm but not as much as it claimed.

RealityKings:




Well he is the Governor and all that is in the Past.
Don't let the past hold you back from what you can become. Let that motivate you.

The Chinese fraud is not in the past.
Inshort China have refused to release Tinubu till now because of it.

RealityKings:




Well he is the Governor and all that is in the Past.
Don't let the past hold you back from what you can become. Let that motivate you.

So You will deliberately go and steal or indulge in evil acts and reap the goodies there in, Tomorrow when they hold you for it, you will tell people it was in the past as if it was not the same you that committed those crimes. No conscience, Continue

Medipharm:

So You will deliberately go and steal or indulge in evil acts and reap the goodies there in, Tomorrow when they hold you for it, you will tell people it was in the past as if it was not the same you that committed those crimes. No conscience, Continue

How come you are not a governor or anything close to it since you know all this?

Eleyi can mumu himself sha.


He would have recieved far more accolades if he acknowledged the farmer/investor.


At the very least , he would have made his state and indeed himself seem investor friendly.

But NO!

It is always "Emi" loan, not "Awa" lokan.


Now that the breeze has blown....

This the evil some state govt do,frustrating private business owners instead of facilitating their trade to boost economy,create jobs and wealth for the business owners.Is either they use multiple taxation or they use land edicts to destroy business and fuel criminalities

PARADIZEPRIEST:
This the evil some state govt do,frustrating private business owners instead of facilitating their trade to boost economy,create jobs and wealth for the business owners.Is either they use multiple taxation or they use land edicts to destroy business and fuel criminalities

IS SAD,GOVERNANCE NEEDS TO BE REDEFINED IN NAIJA TO SERVE THE CITIZENS AND NOT TO STARVE THE CITIZENS OF PROGRESS.

His Florida credit card saga comes to mind, so it’s not new.

The government has a stake in it.

Credit card fraud
Election fraud
World bank fraud

WhizdomXX:
The government has a stake in it.

How? Because he took a picture beside the rice claiming Ogun State earned Audio 1 billion naira in revenue from it?

RealityKings:
The Farmer is dubious and confused. The money Governor Dapo abiodun has been using to subsidize fertiliser for the Farmer is from world bank assisted project funding now.
Does Zabarmawa expect gov Dapo to use the money from his pocket?

Does the Farmer Zabarmawa think the money Ogun State Government paid to assist him in clearing the land for planting is coming from the Gov Dapo's personal funds.
He seems not to understand the meaning of the "World Bank-assisted project"

It's you that is talking like someone who isn't educated.

How on earth will a farmer get a world Bank assisted loan from a government without actually knowing through documentation process of the loan? Do you even know the criteria for documentation process involving a world Bank assisted loan? What I see is a government looking for substantial evidence to woodhink world Bank officials into believing the money given to them has been well expended. Crazy country

ivolt:

The headline doesn't match the content.
The government indeed supported the farm but not as much as it claimed.

The government were just looking for evidence to siphon more money from world Bank out politicians are thieves

Nawaoo, fraudulent government, some people too do

RealityKings:
The Farmer is dubious and confused. The money Governor Dapo abiodun has been using to subsidize fertiliser for the Farmer is from world bank assisted project funding now.
Does Zabarmawa expect gov Dapo to use the money from his pocket?

Does the Farmer Zabarmawa think the money Ogun State Government paid to assist him in clearing the land for planting is coming from the Gov Dapo's personal funds.
He seems not to understand the meaning of the "World Bank-assisted project"

It's more fraudulent and frustrating for the government to blank out this hard working individual. What does it cost the Governor to publicly acknowledge this man and encourage others to emulate him. The man has spent his money without adequate recognition.