The Federal Government has approved N13 billion as an
intervention fund for pest control in twelve northern states.
The twelve states are Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara, Katsina, Kano,
Jigawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa, Taraba, Yobe and Borno States.
Alhaji Muhammad Nanono, the Minister of Agriculture and
Rural Development, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, said the
funds were meant to reduce the effects of COVID-19 on the nation’s food sector.
According to Nanono, the intervention fund was to ensure
uninterrupted agricultural activities during the 2020 farming season in the
states.
He also explained that the fund would be used to control
trans-boundary pests and minimise the impact of coronavirus as well as
guarantee nutritional and national food security.
The minister emphasised that the present administration “is
determined to fight any menace that will truncate the successes recorded so far
in the agricultural sector”.
Nanono also performed the flag-off of the 2020 dry season
control of trans-boundary migratory birds for the 12 frontline northern states
at the Birnin Kebbi International Airport in Kebbi.
Nanono said, “The choice of Kebbi State for the flag-off is
deliberate, in view of the extensive agricultural activities in the state and
the immense cooperation and collaboration of the state government in the
implementation of agricultural interventions over the years.”
If by “Pests” they mean “Insurgents”; then no problem. Insurgency is the only form of pest that needs controlling in the Northern States for now!!
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