Kwara: Sen. Saliu Mustapha, representing Kwara Central Senatorial District, has introduced a subsidised tractorisation programme to boost mechanised farming and enhance agricultural productivity in the state.
According to News Agency of Nigeria, this initiative is part of Mustapha's efforts aimed at boosting farming efficiency, reducing manual labour, enhancing crop yields, and driving economic growth and food security in the state. As part of the programme, the senator, who chairs the Senate Committee on Agriculture Production Services and Rural Development, distributed tractors to the four local government areas of his constituency.
This latest intervention came just a week after he distributed several units of tractors to farmer groups and cooperative societies in the state, reinforcing his commitment to grassroots development through agriculture. The senator's media assistant, Nasif Sholagberu, said the initiative, tagged 'Turaki Sagbedoba', is designed to support smallholder farmers and strengthen food production across rural communities.
'This distribution is part of the senator's commitment to leveraging his legislative position to bring agricultural dividends directly to the people. It also fits in perfectly into the Renewed Hope Agriculture Development Programme of President Bola Tinubu,' he said. Sholagberu added that Mustapha, a first-term lawmaker, has established himself as a champion of food security and rural development in the senate. He explained that his strategic initiatives to bring agriculture-focused interventions to his constituency are timely, given the current economic challenges and rising food prices.