Asiwaju, Shettima meet farmers, Agro commodity groups in Niger State

All Progressives Candidate Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu on Monday held a town hall meeting in Minna, the Niger state capital as part of his campaign exercise with a different critical sector of the economy.

Asiwaju alongside his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, met with farmers and agro commodity groups in the state, which is known for being a breadbasket of Nigeria.

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The meeting was hosted by the state governor Abubakar Bello

The APC Presidential candidate shared his agenda on how he plans to build on the salutary foundation laid by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration in the agricultural sector.

Asiwaju explained to the farmers how he plans to assist them and their communities “in new and substantial ways that will usher in a true and complete rebirth of Nigerian agriculture.”

Among what the APC candidate promised, according to his Action Plan, are ramping up the cultivation of the nation’s arable land from 35 percent to 65 percent and the establishment of commodity board for strategic crops, such as cashew, cocoa, cassava, soya, rubber and groundnut.

As envisioned, the commodity board will improve price certainty for farmers and increase their capacity to produce more staple food to feed Nigeria’s burgeoning population.

The Minna Town Hall meeting is the second by Tinubu, following the successful meeting with Nigeria’s business leaders on Tuesday last week in Lagos.

Similar town hall meetings are scheduled for Lafia in Nasarawa state and Calabar, Cross River state, in the next few days before the mega rally in Jos on 15 November.