KANO (Sundiata Post) – The Emir of Bichi, Alhaji Nasir Ado Bayero has urged Kano State Government to embrace mechanised farming to ensure massive food production in the state.
Bayero made the call when he paid Sallah homage to Gov. Abba Yusuf at the Government House, Kano on Saturday.
He said as the Rainy season approaches, their was a need for government to provide assorted farm inputs and fertilizer at subsidised rates to farmers.
Bayero called on the state government to intensify efforts in ensuring adequate means of utilizing Solar power to generate electricity.
” At this juncture we will use this avenue to advise government in taking all the needed measures to address climate change which is affecting the society negatively,”he said.
The traditional ruler commended the State Government for providing laudable developmental projects since assumption of office barely 10 months.
Responding, Yusuf said since assumption of office, his administration had worked assiduously in providing infrastructure for the people.
” Within the first quarter of assumption, we recovered and rehabilitated the Asiya Bayero Pediatric hospital in the municipality.
” While the accident and emergency section of the Muttaka Mohammad General Hospital has also been renovated up to standard,” he said.
Yusuf said that one of the priorities of his administration is to uplif the standard of education, health, agriculture and infrastructure.
” In an effort to decongest traffic and ensure that the State has been upgraded to global standard commercial city.
“We have embarked on the construction of two modern flyovers at Dan’agundi and Tal’udu, and when these two flyovers are completed Kano will have a new look,”he said.
He said that his administration has introduced different kinds of women and youth empowerment Programmes with the aim of making them self reliant and employers of Labour.( NAN)
