The Tinubu Media Volunteers (TMV) has applauded the delivery of 255 tractors to the federal government.
In a statement signed by its Chairman Chukwudi Enekwechi and Secretary, Shedrach Sunday, the group said it is a positive development to signpost the President Bola Tinubu administration’s Greener Hope National Agricultural Mechanisation Programme (GHAPP). Mechanisation programme for short.
“We note with joy that out of the 2000 tractors, the federal government signed an agreement with a private firm, 255 have been delivered, signposting the realization of the federal government’s agricultural mechanization programme.
“In the same vein, we note that the plan of the Tinubu administration to reorganize and recapitalize the Bank of Agriculture is the beginning of the much-expected revolution in the agriculture sector.
“We believe that with these twin policies, the long-awaited transformation of the sector into a more business-like, mechanized sector is already taking shape.
“Definitely, the conscious effort by the federal government to elevate our agriculture from subsistence level to a mechanized and business-focused sector would in due course guarantee food security in the country.
“We wish to state that for the first time, there is a deliberate policy by the federal government to refocus the citizens’ attention to agriculture by introducing modernity in the area of farm implements, and financing. This is the only way to attract the interest of the youths to participate in the agricultural sector.
“Furthermore, the policy will reduce food inflation, increase food production, and save Nigeria the foreign currency being expended on food importation. There is no doubt that the increased tempo of activities in the sector will also create job opportunities for Nigerians, mostly youths,” it added.
TMV also enjoined Nigerians to key into the agricultural policies of the Tinubu administration to make food abundant for all Nigerians.
