Nigeria: Food Security - Nasarawa Govt Begins Cultivation of 10,000 Hectares of Land - South Africa Today

Source: South Africa Today
Author: Sat West Africa

Lafia -- The NaaKsarawa State Government has begun cultivation of 10,000 hectares of land as part of initiatives to boost food security in the country.

Governor Abdulkahi Sule had consequently inspected progress of work on the portion of land earmarked for the food security programme at Jangwa in Awe Local Government Area of the state.

Speaking to journalists shortly after the inspection, the governor, however, said his administration has no intention of taking away farmlands from local farmers,...