- The All Farmers Association of Nigeria, has said that the land border closure by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has boosted food production in the country by over 80 percent.
The National President of AFAN, Farouk Rabi’u Mudi, disclosed this at a sensitization programme organized for youths, with a theme; “Agriculture as a means of employment to our youths”, held in Kano State on Thursday.
He explained that the food production level in Nigeria was just 25 percent before the closure of land borders, adding that wheat production, which was only two percent then, had now rose to 10 percent.
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He noted that the closure of border had done more good than harm as a lot of youths had embraced farming and become self-reliant.
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“We support the border closure because without it, most of our youths would have become unemployed. The policy is the only way to make our people embrace farming.
“With the broder closure, we have witnessed improvement in food production, from 25% to over 80%. Wheat production to up to 10%. So, this policy is very good as lots of Nigerians have gone back to farming,” he said.
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Mudi said the programme was organized with a view to enlightening the teeming youths on hundreds of opportunities in agricultural sector.
“The purpose of the programme is to motivate the youths to embrace farming in a bid to improve their socio-economic status.
