The Niger State Government has announced its plan to share agricultural incentives in rural communities as part of its plans to boost socio-economic activities in the state. This was made known by the Head of the Niger Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Projects, Dr Nmaa Ahmed.
Ahmed, in a statement on Friday, in Abuja, said the state governor, Umar Bago, has directed the mobilisation of stakeholders and rural dwellers. According to him, they are to participate and take ownership of projects or agricultural incentives allocated to their respective communities.
“We identified community sensitistion as a fulcrum to bring everyone on board and participate in projects and programmes bequeathed to their various communities based on the need assessments.
“We also explored exotic ideas of deploying strategic awareness to the community leaders and the led, emphasising and appealing to their individual and collective conscience to be conscious of the projects and programmes as their own.
“This is to boost the socio-economic activities of trading goods and services agriculturally, from an informal market to a modern one because of the ease of movement created by the backlog maintenance, construction of more rural roads and provision of incentives based on the law establishing RAAMP.
“The Bago-led government is committed to a New Niger Agenda where equal opportunities is visioned for rural and urban populace, ” Ahmed said.