Alhaji Tukur Alkali, Sokoto State Commissioner for Animal
Health and Fishery Development, says the state government will partner Nigerian
Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Agro Rangers to protect the new
state-owned farm.
Alkali told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Sokoto that the 800-hectare farm, worth N7 billion, was located in Rabah Local Government Area of the state. He said that officials of NSCDC, including the National Head of the Agro Rangers Unit, Mr Adamu Soja, and Sokoto State Commandant of NSCDC, Mr Babangida Dutsinma, had inspected the facilities of the farm and offered useful suggestions on how to safeguard them.
The commissioner said that the farm named “Sokoto Cattle Breeding, Dairy and Beef Processing Project’’ was set up by the state government to provide employment for the people and boost the state’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). He said the project was also aimed at encouraging smallholder farmers to adopt mechanised agriculture, as the farm would be a reference point to all farmers with regard to mechanised farming techniques.
He said that the farm had modern agricultural equipment which included multipurpose seeders, combined harvesters, weeders, ploughs, threshers, mixers, incubators and fertilisation instruments, electricity generating processors and various kinds of tractors. He said that modern security gadgets, including cameras, would be installed on the farm, which would also be patrolled by security personnel.
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