Tambuwal Secures N4bn Loan For Sokoto Farmers.

The Sokoto State government has started the distribution of N4 billion loans to rice, tomatoes, and wheat farmers in the state. The state governor, Aminu Tambuwal, disclosed this while launching the 2022 wet season fertilizer sales and distribution of other inputs to farmers in the state, held at Kasarawa, a suburb in the state capital.

According to him, the state government has fulfilled all the necessary requirements for securing the loan from the Central Bank of Nigeria to support the farmers. Consequently, the government has since started the disbursement of the loan facility, as a remedy to boost the cultivation of rice, wheat, and tomatoes in the state to farmers.

Tambuwal added that under the initiative, water pumps, rice and wheat threshing and milling machines, and fertilizers sold at N13,000 are being distributed to over 16,000 farmers to boost yield and activate the commercial aspect of production in the state.