Foodstuff
By Aminu Garko
Kano, Kano State Government says it has distributed 130 trucks of foodstuff it received as donation from the Federal Government to beneficiaries across the 44 local government areas in the state.
The state Commissioner of Agriculture and Natural Resources,Dr Danjuma Mahmoud , disclosed this to the News worth on Thursday.
IDanjuma said the donation consisted of 40 trucks of 25kg rice,70 trucks of maize, millet and sulphur.
According to him, the food items were delivered at the headquarters of the 44 local governments for onward transportation to wards, villages and districts.
He said beneficiaries of the gesture included Civil Society Organizations(CSOs),traditional rulers,religious leaders,officials of the 44 local governments,the state Hisbah Commission, the Police and The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps(NSCDC).
The commissioner also disclosed that the state government had received 70 trucks of fertilizer from the warehouse of the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) located in Minna,Niger.
Also collected from the warehouse,he said, were 30 trucks of urea.
He said the state government was now awaiting directives from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources on how to distribute the fertilizers to farmers.
