BUMPER HARVEST kebbi State government under the leadership of his excellency Saidu Usman Nasamu Dakingari, has embarked on the RICE BUYBACK PROGRAMME to generally alleviate the poverty and drastically reduced the level of unemployment in the State, Which undertaken to buy about 10,000 metric tons of rice at a cost of N6,500 per 75kg bag to enhance the productivity of the scheme, Buying centres : 15 locations across the State, Birnin Kebbi, Jega, Kamba, Suru, Dakingari, Bagudo, Ilo, Warra, Yauri, Shanga and Zuru. Laments of the beneficiaries 1 Murtala Garba Suru, a 30-year -old rice farmer said, “the extent of my harvest made me convert my medicine store into a rice paddy store because it is more lucrative to farm rice. 2 Tukur Suru, another rice farmer, corroborated Garba, saying he made N1.5million from sale of his produce last year, ”I used my kaftan to carry the whole money and my friends were laughing at me”, he said 3 At Argungu, the result of rice cultivation was clearly obvious. Abdullahi Argungu, said, ”in Argungu, rice farming is a way of life”.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 21:05:55 +0000