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SENATOR TOKUNBO ABIRU DISTRIBUTES FERTILIZERS, LAND TILLER MACHINES, SPRAYERS, OTHER FARM IMPLEMENTS TO OVER 1,000 RURAL FARMERS IN LAGOS EAST.

Member of the National Assembly, representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru FCA, has distributed farm implements, comprising of fertilisers, land tiller machines, crop sprayers, Agric Zymes and Ag zyme, to rural farmers across his senatorial district to bolster food production.
In his remarks, the Senator, represented by his Special Adviser on Constituency Matters, Dr. Saheed Oladapo Ibikunle, disclosed that the initiative was aimed to complement the efforts of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu government’s Renewed Hope agenda on food security, stressing that strategic support for farmers is a panacea to food insecurity facing the nation.

“These farm inputs will enhance growth in your farm, and by extension your family and the national economy. It will contribute to the Gross National Product (GDP), economic indices in Lagos State and Nigeria”, Ibikunle told the local farmers.  

Mr. Arutu Ademola, Chief Accountant at Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria,who represented the Institute’s Executive Director commended Senator Abiru, and President Tinubu for the laudable efforts aimed at ensuring stable and affordable food supply to the residents of Lagos East Senatorial District, and Nigerians at large.

The South West Chairman, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Otunba (Dr.) Femi Oke, while responding on behalf of members of the Associations, and other farmers who benefited from the scheme, said 2025 started on good note, adding that, in appreciation of the sustained efforts of the senator for farmers, members of the Association planned to showcase and sell their farm produce at discounted prices to members of the public.

He said, “We are grateful for the support of Senator Abiru, and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. We are glad to report that efforts have yielded. Between now and April, we will pick a date when we will showcase the bounty harvests of farm and sell at farm gate prices to members of this Senatorial district”

It will be recalled that prior to this time, Senator Abiru had facilitated agric initiatives and support to farmers in the district, such as the distribution of farms inputs, including fertilisers, seedlings, and herbicides to over 300 crop farmers, and the provision of fully vaccinated chickens, feeds, and cages for over 100 livestock poultry farmers in the Senatorial District. The Senator has also set up farmers cooperatives in Lagos East Senatorial District, for easy access to funds for their business operations.

Other eminent personalities at the event include: Alhaji Jimoh Tijani, Hon. (Princess) Adebimpe Akinsola, Dr. Hakeem Adetugbobo, Alhaja Sherifat Abiodun Ogunniyi, Alhaji Sulaimon  Musiliu, Bishop Olajide Odusoga, Aarebirin Folashade Olabanji-Oba, Alhaji Toyin Gbadamosi, APC LGA Chairman,  Epe, amongst others.

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