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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