Some rice traders in Lagos have lamented the inability of local rice farmers to meet the growing demand for the produce.
“Part of our vision is to eradicate poverty in Enugu state, and we knew that at the time we were saying that, there was a high rate of poverty in the state.”
“Although our main target is children under 2-year-old mothers and pregnant women and their family members”, she said.
According to Mr Nayola, the flood rendered many community residents homeless.
He said that each beneficiary would be given two bags of 50 kilogramme (kg) of NPK and one bag of Urea fertiliser.
The items included maize, rice, beans, corn, generators, wrappers, mattresses and plastic buckets.
He noted that the removal of subsidy affected the country’s economy and made prices of food items go up with 100 per cent increment.
The items distributed included food and nonfood items, such as rice, maize, spaghetti, macaroni and cooking oil.
The farmers said the tractor-hiring scheme only favoured farmers in politics and neglected smallholder farmers.
Gunmen attacked the community on April 2, 2023, and three persons were killed.
