The Governor of Jigawa State, Umar Namadi, has ordered the arrest of a local chairman of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) for allegedly diverting agricultural inputs provided for farmers by the federal government.
Mr Namadi gave the order during an unscheduled visit to the inputs distribution centres of the federal government’s National Agricultural Growth Scheme and Agro Pocket Programme.
On Saturday, the governor caught officials engaged in racketeering at centres in Birnin Kudu and Kiyawa local government areas.
The governor found farmers denied allocation, and some targeted beneficiaries stranded in the inputs distribution centres.
The beneficiaries protested to the governor that the inputs had been sold to traders.
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In Kiyawa Local Government Area, Mr Namadi ordered the arrest of the AFAN chairman for allegedly inflating the price of the inputs.
The governor vowed to take stringent measures to check round-tripping by agro-dealers and their agents.
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