Voters were said to have lost confidence in the process and felt their votes might not count even if they exercised their franchise.
NIHORT executive director made the disclosure at a training for tomato farmers on Wednesday.
The farmers, numbering 156, lost their farm produce to floods caused by a torrential rainfall that lasted for three hours on Tuesday.
The governor said those who fail to comply would be prosecuted from Monday.
Amid attacks on farmlands, kidnapping, and killing, Nigerian farmers have begged security forces for protection against killer herdsmen.
The governor further assured that with the plans on ground, the countryside would be rid of criminals in time for farmers to return to their farms for the impending farming season.
Reminiscent of Majek Fashek’s hit song, Bauchi farmers have held a special prayer begging God to “send down the rain.”
“We need the government to protect the lives of the citizens because it is only when there is life that we talk of food.”
The decision was reached at Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council meeting.
Benue has been the epicentre of deadly clashes between herdsmen and farmers even as state governor Samuel Ortom enacted anti-open grazing laws to protect farmers.
