Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has announced that the state government will subsidise the cost of petrol to ₦600 per litre for farmers in communities affected by Boko Haram insurgency.
A statement on Saturday by the governor’s Senior Special Assistant on New media, Abdulrahman Bundi, said Zulum announced the subsidy on Friday evening during the flagged-off distribution of farm inputs to over 5,000 farmers displaced by Boko Haram insurgents in Bama town.
According to The PUNCH, he said a litre of petrol sold between ₦1,000 and ₦1,200 in Maiduguri will be subsidised to ₦600 for the farmers.
“This is aimed at alleviating the financial burdens faced by farmers in communities that have suffered economic and infrastructural destruction due to years of conflict.
“One of the major challenges that are facing the farming communities here as regards irrigation farming is the increasing cost of fuel. As a result, I want to announce to the general public that the government will procure petroleum products and sell them to the farmers at a subsidised rate.
“A litre of petrol is being sold in Maiduguri at the cost of about N1,200, but inshallah, henceforth, for irrigation farmers this season, a litre of petrol will be sold at the rate of N600.”
