Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state announces a petrol subsidy for farmers, aiming to alleviate their financial burdens due to conflict and rising fuel costs. The subsidy will see petrol sold at N600 per litre, compared to the market price of N1,200.
Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno, says his administration will sell petrol at N600 per litre to farmers in the state. Zulum announced the subsidy on Friday during a ceremony to distribute equipment to farmers in Bama town. In a statement on Saturday, Abdurrahman Bundi, media aide to Zulum, said the state will procure petrol and sell at the subsidised rate to the farmers.
Bundi said the initiative is aimed at “alleviating the financial burdens faced by farmers in communities that have suffered economic and infrastructural destruction due to years of conflict”.“One of the major challenges that are facing the farming communities here as regards irrigation farming is the increasing cost of fuel,” Zulum was quoted as saying. “As a result, I want to announce to the general public that the government will procure petroleum products and sell to the farmers at a subsidised rate. “A litre of petrol is being sold in Maiduguri at the cost of about N1,200 but henceforth for irrigation farmers this season, a litre of petrol will be sold at the rate of N600.”Bundi said Zulum distributed farm materials, including 2,000 bags of blended NPK fertiliser, 1,000 units of water pumps, and 620 units of gasoline pumps. Other materials include 380 units of solar water pumps, 1,000 units of sprayers, 800 rolls of 2-inch flexible hose, and 1,000 litres of pesticides and seeds.Tinubu to inaugurate projects in Enugu toda
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