Oyo State Government in collaboration with the Federal Government, has flagged off free distribution of assorted fertilizers to farmers across the 33 local government areas in the state.
The State Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Olasunkanmi Olaleye, flagged off the distribution of the fertilizers at an event held along Iseyin road, Oyo.
The Commissioner said the 21,000 bags of improved fertilizers from the Federal Government to support farmers in the state will be distributed two bags per farmer.
He however encouraged the beneficiaries not to sell the fertilizer but apply it on their farmland for abundance food production in the state.
Also, the State Coordinator, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Dr. Florence Kakulu, represented by an Agric Officer of the Ministry, Mrs. Bilikis Abdulateef, said in its support to cushion economic effect on food production, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, donated two million (2,000,000) bags of assorted fertilizer to Federal Government to enhance food security in Nigeria.
She therefore charged beneficiaries to let the efforts of both the state and federal governments reflect in their productivity during the harvest.
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