Jigawa Farmers Want Presidential C’ttee On Fertiliser Dissolved

Northwest Inputs Agro Dealers Association of Nigeria (NIADA) and Farmers Association have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to dissolve the Presidential Committee on Fertiliser as it has failed in making the commodity available and affordable to farmers.

The chairman of NIADA in Jigawa State, Alhaji Yusuf Baba Muhammad made the call during a press conference they held in Dutse, the state capital. The chairman who was represented by his deputy, Alhaji Haro Shehu berated the presidential committee for allowing the fertiliser blending companies to export the commodity to foreign countries for more profits at the detriment of Nigerian farmers and national food security.

According to the group, the major fertiliser blending companies appear to be sabotaging presidential policy on agriculture by refusing to sell their products to the local dealers who deposited their money with the companies for over a year now without receiving the supply.

He also accused the presidential committee of failing Buhari and the country on the mandate given to it, and called for the replacement of the committee with competent hands as a matter of emergency before food scarcity and hunger overwhelm the country.
When contacted on the alleged failure to deliver the task given to them, the chairman presidential committee on fertiliser and governor of Jigawa State, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar said: ” I am not aware of what is happening now in the committee as I was not called for its meeting or participate in any of its operations in the last two years.”