United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said it will continue to collaborate with Yobe state government in providing food assistance to victims of Boko Haram insurgency.
Sufyan Koroma, the FAO representative in Nigeria disclosed this while paying a courtesy call on Governor Ibrahim Gaidam on Thursday at government house, Damaturu.
The FAO representative, while thanking the Yobe government for
supporting humanitarian activities, further disclosed that FAO has
recorded 3 years of effective presence in the state.
“For the three years of our presence here, we were able to distribute 6000 goats and food items for victims of insurgency for them to regain their means of livelihood”
In his response, Governor Gaidam represented by his deputy, Abubakar D. Aliyu, said 70 per cent of the state’s population are into agricultural activities that was why the state government cultivated 1,096,554 hectares of land out of which 366,000 hectares are Fadama land and has 765 km of rivers, tributaries, flood plans and lake in 12 out of the 17 LGAs.
Gaidam further told the visitors that Yobe government sold the
cheapest fertilizer of N3,000 to farmers apart from grains procured under National Programme on Food Security during last farming season.
He therefore commended the FAO for the numerous assistance rendered as part of drive for peace building especially the distribution of seeds, assorted food items, fertilizer among others.
