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Coop to partner farmers to boost food production

The North-West Zonal Chairman, Board of Trustees of National Apex of Nigerian Farmers Cooperatives Societies (NANFACOS), Alhaji Ahmed Daura, has promised to partnered farmers to boost food production.

Daura made the promise after he was appointed as the zonal trustee of the cooperative society in the North-West geo-political zone in Daura on Friday.

He stated that in the recent past, real practising farmers were not consulted on issues that would boost their morale in ensuring that they produced more food to ensure security in the country.

He promised to ensure that farmers accessed agricultural loans especially those who were involved in all scheme of things that had to do with agribusiness.

“We will always partner the government to reach out to the farmers at the grassroots,” he added.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NANFACOS is a non-governmental organisation that is working with the federal ministry of agriculture to ensure that farmers benefited from government agricultural loans and other incentives. (NAN)

Joseph Oyekanmi

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