Vice President Kashim Shettima will today in Maiduguri, Borno State launch the National Asset Restoration Programme, as it takes off in the North-East with the National Agency for Science and Engineering (NASENI)’s Tractor Recovery Project.
The event, which will take place at the Borno State Agricultural Mechanisation (BOSAMAN) Farm Centre, Maiduguri, comes as NASENI’s initiative to boost mechanised agriculture and enhance food security in fulfilment of the federal government’s Renewed Hope Agenda by reviving broken-down or non-functional tractors.
The project fully funded, supervised and executed by NASENI is carried out with support from the Agency’s technical partner, Machine and Equipment Corporation Africa Limited (MECA), is aimed at contributing meaningfully to the federal government’s recovery and development agenda.
Vice President Shettima who is the Eminent Guest of Honour at the occasion will perform the launch ceremony with support from Governor Babagana Umara Zulum and the executive vice chairman/CEO of NASENI, Mr. Khalil Suleiman Halilu and other dignitaries.
Available statistics show that Nigeria has about 55,000 broken-down tractors, whereas only 7,000-10,000 tractors are functional.
The National Tractor Restoration Project, under the auspices of the National Asset Restoration Programme, involves the comprehensive restoration of multiple tractors in Borno and its environs for immediate deployment and to strengthen mechanized farming.
Each tractor has been comprehensively rehabilitated, including mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and structural upgrades making them ready for immediate deployment across farming communities.
The intervention represents a concrete step in rebuilding livelihoods, strengthening food systems, and revitalizing rural economies through home-grown engineering solutions.
