Chairman of the Presidential Committee on North-East Initiative (PCNI), Theophilus Danjuma has tasked the Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government to give more attention to the Agricultural sector of the sub-region to fully revive the economy of the area.
TY Danjuma stated this in Jauro Shehu Village through Professor Hauwa Biu, a member of the PCNI who represented him during the distribution of 20 trailer loads of fertilizer to the nine Local Government Areas of Borno South Senatorial District. Jauro Shehu is a border village between Gombe and Borno States.
According to Professor Hauwa, with or without Boko Haram insurgents, the people of Borno South had been farming, which is the reason why the Senator representing the area, Mohammed Ali Ndume insisted that the PCNI distribute free fertilizer to the people.
She urged the people not to relent and to even redouble their efforts in farming since there is relative peace in the area. While appealing for more women to be included in the list of beneficiaries, she also called on the women not to be left behind in the farming activities since they are known for their hard work.
Speaking earlier, the Senator representing Borno South Senatorial District, Mohammed Ali Ndume, also a member of the PCNI, said the free distribution of the fertilizer followed his insistence to reach returning Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of the area with a source of livelihood to pick up their lives from their distressed situation.
He said 20 trailer loads of the fertilizer was approved for his constituency with ten of the trailers on ground while the other ten trailer loads were on their way to the area. He said each Local Government Area is to benefit from at least two trailer loads of the fertilizer in all the 101 wards.
He promised more of such interventions from the Federal Government just as he thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for the establishment of the PCNI and the improved security situation in the Northeast, especially Borno State.
The Head of Humanitarian Department of the PCNI, Dr. Sidi Ali Mohammed, commended Senator Ali Ndume for his resilience in ensuring that the people of Borno South got the fertilizer.
Some of the beneficiaries who spoke to our correspondent, commended PCNI and Senator Ndume for coming to their aid with the fertilizer and called for more of such interventions considering their peculiar situation.
