Twelve thousand farmers, affected by Boko Haram insurgency in Borno State, are set to benefit from the federal government’s National Food Security Programme.
The emergency agricultural relief will be executed by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)
This was disclosed in a statement by the Deputy Director, Operations, NEMA headquarters and the Supervising officer Emergency Agricultural Intervention Programme in Borno State, Basharu Ibrahim.
It said the 12,000 farmers have been registered and are expected to benefit from an Emergency Agricultural intervention program of the Federal Government through the National Food Security Council.
The statement read partly: “The program which is being implemented by NEMA is expected to provide the beneficiaries with farming inputs like seeds, poultry birds and agrochemicals to enable them to participate in the upcoming planting season.
“Some of the benefitting areas include Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC), Jere, Bama,
Konduga, Gwoza, Biu, Chibok, Askira/Uba, Monguno, Magumeri, Nganzai, and Mobbar local government areas.
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