From Mustapha Adamu, Kano
All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, has revealed that the land border closure by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has yielded fruits in the agricultural sector in the country.
The association said, with the border closure, Nigeria’s food production has been ranked up to 80 percent.
This was stated by the National President of AFAN, Farouk Rabi’u Mudi, at a sensitization programme organized for youths, with a theme; “Agriculture as a means of employment to our youths”, held in Kano State yesterday.
According to Mudi, the food production level in Nigeria was just 25 percent before the closure of land borders across the country, adding that wheat production, which was only 2% then, had risen to 10 percent.
He noted that the closure of border had done more good than harm as a lot of youths had embraced farming and become self-reliant.
“We support the border closure because without it, out youths would have become unemployed. The policy is the only way to make our people brace farming.
“With the broder closure, we have witnessed improvement in food production, from 25% to over 80%. Wheat production to up to 10%. So, this policy is very good as lots of nihwrians have gone back to farm,” he said.
Mudi said the programme was organized in order to enlighten the teeming youths on hundreds of opportunities in agricultural sector.
He added that the aim of the programmes was to motivate the youths yo embrace farming in a bid to improve their socioeconomic status.
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