The Federal Executive Council has approved the sum of N922.8 million for the purchase of fertilizer to assist states affected by insurgency and the 2018 flood disaster.
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouk disclosed this while briefing State House Correspondents at the end of this week’s cabinet meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari.
She said the benefiting States, which include Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States, would receive liquid brands of NPK fertilizer, as assistance to farmers.
“Today at the council, the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development presented a memo for the approval of the award of contract for the purchase of NPK 20:10:10 fertilizer under the emergency agricultural intervention for states affected by conflicts, insurgency and also the 2018 flood disaster in the total sum of N922, 803, 393.26 and council approved the award of the contract.
“The benefitting States are Yobe, Adamawa and Borno. Initially, we were supposed to give the NPK 20:10:10 fertilizer but now we are going to provide the liquid fertilizer to the benefiting States and the quantity is about 259, 000 liters of that particular product,” she said.
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