Benue State Government has slashed the price of Urea fertiliser by 50 percent, Governor Samuel Ortom has revealed.
The Governor stated that 50kg bag of NPK which was procured for N9,000 would be sold to farmers at N5,000, representing 40 percent subsidy. The Governor stated that the efforts were deliberate move by his administration to add value to the development of agriculture, pointing out that 50 tractors were procured and distributed to farmers at highly subsidized rates to encourage mechanised farming.
He directed security agents to arrest and prosecute anyone caught sabotaging efforts of his administration towards ensuring that the fertiliser get to the real farmers.
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