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Agric Minister does not perform poorly – National President of Okra farmers refutes report

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Agric Minister does not perform poorly – National President of Okra farmers refutes report

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.... says food crisis looms because of saboteurs working against Hon Kyari

National President of Okra farmers processors and marketers of Nigeria, Alhaji Uba Danarewa has refuted reports from many media outlets that the Ministers of Power, Defence, Education, and Solid Minerals have been rated poorly by Nigerians.

The media organizations quoted the Citizens’ Delivery Tracker Apps of the Federal Government that the ministries are rated low in terms of performance and service delivery to Nigerians.

Uba however refuted the report and exonerated the Minister of Agriculture, Senator Abubakar Kyari of the said report.

Uba said the report is mischievous in nature knowing the fact that the Ministry of Agriculture was not given anything to perform as a ministry.

He said he is a critical stakeholder being a mechanized farmer has an idea of whether the ministry has started implementing its budget.

He worried that some people in the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu have formed a niche of sabotaging the efforts of Tinubu in many ways and targeted the Agriculture ministry, frustrating the efforts of the Minister who has a record of good administration.

Uba who is an All Progressives Congress (APC) Chieftain from Adamawa State and through the Agro Commodities Association of Nigeria rigorously campaigns for Tinubu as the Member of the APC Presidential Campaign Council for Tinubu Agro commodities directorate.

He worried that failure of the Agriculture Ministry to kick start its activities he foresaw a looming food crisis that may result in a high cost of food commodities.

He expressed fears that the failure of the Federal government to Make the Ministry of Agriculture functional and a hub for service delivery to Nigerian farmers through its sister agencies may bring about food scarcity.

He called on the federal government to do all it could to support farmers in this year’s farming season to secure food.

Uba said Senator Kyari who has a record of hard work while representing Borno Central and was one one-time national official of APC is willing and ready to work but there’s nothing released to him in that regard.

He said those sabotaging Kyari bent on killing his zeal and the passion in him to work for Nigeria, frustrating him by devising means of denying and delaying resources that would make him work effectively.

Advised that all the Fertilizers Kyari facilitated through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and handed over to state Governors should be well utilized and be sure it get to the target local farmers.

Uba further enjoined the Honorable Minister to focus on the job of working for Nigeria and ignore all those trying to frustrate him because of their selfish reasons.

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