The initiative is being implemented through the National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF) under the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security.
Mr Oke commended the federal government’s efforts to improve food security and moderate inflation.
“If farmers make proper use of the fertilisers, the cost of food commodities should become more affordable by harvest time,” he said.
The intervention is part of a nationwide programme that covers 128,930 smallholder farmers and provides 515,720 bags of fertiliser.
He said the gesture was in appreciation of the governor’s support and commitment to agricultural development in the state.
He said the percentage of local rice production has dropped to its lowest.
Mr Agbayewa noted that the approval of the crop varieties would help improve the yields of farmers in the state.
Mr Kyari said the programme was a way forward to delivering on the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu.
The state police commissioner accused the defendants of wandering into cultivated farmlands.
Mr Rabiu-Mudi said Kogi had the potential to produce food on a massive scale for local consumption and export.
