The reelection campaign of
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday night received a major boost.
It got over N1.77 billion
donations from the agricultural sector.
Farmers and other Nigerians in
the agricultural value chain showered the donations on the President during the
Anchor Borrowers’ Programme Gala Night at the old Banquet Hall of the
Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday night.
According to them, the President
has changed the fortunes of the agriculture sector and by bringing
unprecedented change to the sector.
Apart from the increasing
progress in the sector, they also claimed that the President’s policies have
resulted in savings of billions of naira.
Topmost of the donations to the
President’s campaign fund is N1.2 billion announced by the President of Rice
Farmers Association of Nigeria, Aminu Goroyo and N570 million announced by the
Fertilizers Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria (FEPSAN).
Stressing that the introduction
of the Anchor Borrowers programme has turned around the fortunes of the 12.2
million registered members of the association, Goroyo said that each of the
members have contributed N100 each for the President’s campaign towards the 2019
Presidential elections.
According to him, more
fertilizers were made available and easy to rice farmers in the country in the
last three years.
“All these achievements are from
your commitments and favourable policies to agriculture.” he said
President of Fertilizers
Producers and Supplies Association of Nigeria, Thomas Etuh, disclosed that N120
billion was saved in two years from fertilizer subsidy.
President Buhari thanked them for
the gesture.
According to him, the National
Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reports have confirmed that his administration’s
policies are yielding results.
He noted that his administration
inherited a broken system in the agricultural sector in 2015.
He said “Seeing your faces and
hearing your stories give me hope…..Today, we are on track to achieving
inclusive economy.”
The Governor of the Central Bank
of Nigeria, Godwin Emefuele said that the Anchor Borrowers programme launched
on the 17th of November, 2015 has resulted in the savings of $800 million.
Noting that the import bills
before the introduction of the programme were as high as N1.4 trillion
annually, he said that the anchor borrowers programme has been creating jobs
and wealth for the teeming population.
He said that 2.5 million jobs
from rice farming have been created.
According to him, the anchor
borrowers programme is the most successful anchor programme in Africa.
“It has raised the standard of
our farmers,” he stated
The Minister of Agriculture, Audu
Ogbeh declared “It has moved Nigeria up the ladder of Rice producers in
Africa.”
On his part, Kebbi State
Governor, Atiku Bagudu, who is the Vice Chairman of the national food security
council, noted that the President has shown unprecedented commitments to
agriculture development in Nigeria.
He thanked the President for
setting up the national food security council
According to him, Nigeria is on
the path of taking on the world.
Dignitaries at the gala night
included the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju
Bola Tinubu, Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, Zamfara State Governor,
Abdulaziz Yari, Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, Jigawa State Governor, Badaru
Abubakar.
Also at the occasion were the APC
National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, Secretary to the Government of the
Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari,
among other top government officials.
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