The army also vowed to continue conducting harvest and farm troops’ patrol to ensure farmers harvest their produce without any attack.
The Commander of 1 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Gusau, Brigadier General Sani Ahmed, says the intensified security operations in Zamfara State have led to the bumper harvest of farm produce during this year’s farming season.He also vowed to continue conducting harvest and farm troops’ patrol to ensure farmers harvest their produce without any attack.
Over the years, farmers in the rural communities in Zamfara State have been experiencing bandits’ attacks on their farmlands while some pay levies to the criminal gangs before they can access their farms.This has led to loss of lives and shortage of farm produce from the state and neighboring North-Western states.
The Brigade commander of 1 Brigade, Nigerian Army Gusau said the situation has improved drastically, hoping that before the beginning of next year’s raining season, there will not be need to be using escorts to transport good within the state.
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