Rabiu Omaku
Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule has announced plans to make rice available and affordable to the populace have commenced the harvest of its 10,000 hectares of rice farm located in Jangwa community of Awe Local Government Area of State.
The Governor averred that the project was conceived in line with the Renewed Hope Initiative of President Bola Tinubu aimed at ensuring food security and cushioning the hardship in the country.
“The project is an inclusive one as it has carried both the youths and women in the planting and harvesting of the rice. A lot of Indigenous have been employed as a result of this.
Governor Abdullahi Sule who made the declaration when he left Journalists on a monitoring visit to the farm and to supervise the harvest, disclosed that over 2,000 hectares of rice farm was cultivated six months ago, which he said is now being harvested.
He said the rice farm was ready for harvest in six months due to the high yield of the rice adding that the farm production would be cultivated twice in a year.
“As he further said that with the increased production, prices of the product would reduce.
“This project was conceived in line with the Renewed Hope Initiative of President Bola Tinubu aimed at ensuring food security and to cushion the hardship in the country.
Governor Sule noted that out of the 10,000 hectares,the State Government would compensate the community members for 300 hectares already occupied for other activities.
He lauded the people of Jangwa community for their cooperation and support so far and called for its sustainability.
In a separate interviews, a community leaders in Ayarkeke – Jangwa community, Zaki Justin Shaku and a youth leader in the community , Mr Yusuf Jangwa, commended the State Government for conceiving the initiative.
According to them, the project has so far benefitted youths, women and others and called for more of such initiatives to improve the standard of living of the people.
They equally called on the State Government to provide more infrastructure especially road network to the community to enable the transportation of their farm produce to the markets.
