(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians from the South-West zone have condemned the rising cost of food items and cooking gas, calling on the Federal Government to swiftly intervene. Barring their minds in separate interviews with African Examiner in Kwara, Osun, Oyo and Ogun, they complained that the cost of food items and cooking gas had soared […]
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By Olajide Idowu
Osogbo, Jan. 12, 2021 Alhaji Sulaimon Araokanmi, the Chairman, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Osun Chapter, on Tuesday called on government to assist farmers with irrigation systems, to increase their productivity.
Speaking with journalists in Osogbo, on the activities and challenges farmers faced in their operation in 2020, Araokanmi said lack of adequate rainfall affected the planting season such that their crops were lost in the ground, resulting in loss of food.
“COVID affected all sectors of the economy and country; the effect, however, was so severe on farmers and farming, and lack of rainfall made the situation worse.