Plateau Assembly lawmakers Express dismay over Poor level of fertilizer Distribution

Plateau Assembly lawmakers Express dismay over Poor level of fertilizer Distribution 

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Lawmakers in the Plateau State House of Assembly has expressed dismay and disappointments over the poor level of distribution of fertilizer to farmers in the  State from the ministry of Agriculture and natural resources 

The lawmakers made this know during a public petition from Concerned citizens over their inability to access fertilizers and also the daddy way the ministry personals are handling the issue 

Chairman House Committee on Public Petitions and Accounts and member representing mangu south in the state  assembly Bala fwangu while in audience with the ministry of Agriculture and natural resources led by the Permanent secretary of the ministry 

He said with over 175 tracks of fertilizer meant to be distributed across the 17local government areas and yet not up to 50 percent of the items have been accessed by farmers during this Planting Season 

The Committee Chairman Said the ministry should intensify it's effort in ensuring that fertilizers gets to farmers on time by using the best method to apply

Member representing Jos North west Esther Dusu and her Counterparts in Panshin South and rukuba/irigwe Henry longs and Musa Agah Other members in their various submissions said as lawmakers their Constituents are blaming them for the lack of access to fertilizers Saying allocation papers were issued to them for them to access the fertilizers only for them to get to their respective stores to discover that fertilizers are not on ground which is an embarrassment to them 

They urged the ministry to ensure that fertilizer distribution is done early and grey areas should be tackled to avoid the Continuous lapsided way of handling fertilizer distribution 

Reponding the Commissioner for Agriculture and natural resources represented by the Director of Administration and acting Permanent Secretary of the ministry Yakubu Mallo in Company of other Directors of the ministry said the ministry has so far distributed over 61 trucks of fertility out of 175 Planned distribution which include MPK and other brands to farmers across the 17 local government 

The acting Permanent secretary Said some Challenges are responsible for the poor distribution which include youths restiveness in some councils  the corona pendamic among others but assured the House Committee that more effort is being put in place to ensure that the remaining fertilizers are distributed on them 

He Assured the lawmakers that their allocation issues will be out as soon as Possible