Dutse – The Jigawa Government has approved N500 million for the procurement of 5,000 metric tons of assorted fertilizers for the 2016 cropping season.
Alhaji Bala Ibrahim, the state Commissioner for Information, stated this on Tuesday in Dutse while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting.
“As you are all aware, fertilizer plays a very crucial role in providing optimum production in agriculture, especially when it is timeless applied by framers.
“And the state government has resolved to improve the living standard of the rural populace, hence the need to provide agricultural inputs to the teeming farmers during both wet and dry farming seasons,’’ he said.
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Ibrahim said the council also approved the setting up of State Housing Authority.
According to him, it will facilitate accessing of over N2 billion loan from the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) for the construction of 1,330 houses in the state.
Ibrahim said the loan would be used in the construction of two and three bed room houses across the 27 local government areas, as well as the five emirate council.
According to him, the Housing Authority has already acquired 224 hectares for the proposed housing project.
Ibrahim added that N22 million has also been approved for the payment of compensation to the land owners. (NAN)
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