On Thursday, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State led a crowd in a special prayer for rain as drought worsens.

Speaking shortly after the session, Mr Mohammed said the state has been experiencing delayed rainfall, hence the prayer for divine intervention.

He urged state residents to sustain the prayers for rain to enable farmers to record bumper harvests at the end of this year’s farming season.

Represented by his deputy, Auwal Jatau, Mr Mohammed commended the Emir of Bauchi, Rilwanu Adamu, Islamic clerics and others for organising the prayer.

He urged the people to support the government’s policies and programmes to enable it to execute viable projects for the state’s sustainable development.

Mr Mohammed said his administration had provided farmers with fertilisers and inputs at affordable prices.

The governor reiterated the government’s commitment to providing adequate security to the farmers in the state.

Community and religious leaders have been organising special prayers to seek divine intervention for rains in the past week.

The deputy chief imam of Bauchi Central Mosque, Ahmad Inuwa-Na’ibi, led the special prayer session.

The Secretary to the State Government, Ibrahim Kashim, and the state head of civil service, Yahuza Adamu, attended the session, among others.

(NAN)