Lawmaker distributes fertilisers to Kaduna communities

The Member Representing Kauru Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mukhtar Chawai has flagged off the distribution of the first phase of free bags of fertilisers to farmers in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

Arewa PUNCH reports that the lawmaker facilitated the bags of fertiliser intervention through the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency as part of his Constituency Projects to support small rural farmers to boost food production in the area.

The Chairman of the Central Distribution Committee, Hon. Shuaibu Goma, who flagged off the distribution on Tuesday at Kahuta Village in Kauru town, said the intervention was to support food production and economic development.

According to him, “Kauru is a rural constituency with 95 per cent of its population being farmers as a result, It becomes imperative upon the lawmaker to take deliberate steps to intervene in this most critical sector of the economy.”

He further explained that the 11 wards that make up the Kauru Federal Constituency will receive 72 bags of Urea and NPK fertilisers each for onward distribution to the selected beneficiaries who are booked to receive two bags each through the ward’s distribution committee members.

“The beneficiaries must not sell the fertiliser but ensure it is effectively applied to their farm crops to address food insecurity in the area,” he warned.

Similarly, Goma also disclosed that the Federal Lawmaker also launched the second phase of his rural electrification project with the full implementation of Solar Powered Street Lights in the Bandi community in Dawaki Ward in his Constituency.

He disclosed that the installation work commenced in August and had since been completed and commissioned in September.

“The Bandi community is now fully light-up with solar-powered street lights, adding that the lawmaker facilitated the project to the Constituency through the National Productivity Centre to help curb the insecurity that had been bedeviling the area,” Goma further explained.

He thanked the constituents for acknowledging the lawmaker’s contributions toward the development of the entire Constituency, saying the Solar Powered Street Lights Project has been facilitated to the area as part of his constituency capital projects on Rural Electrification and Community Development to bridge the infrastructure deficits.

Some of the constituents commended the lawmaker for the timely installation of the Solar Powered Street Lights in their community, stating the Solar Powered Street Lights will not only illuminate their streets but also improve their safety and security.

According to them, the unwavering commitment of the federal lawmaker to making a positive impact in the lives of the people of the Bandi community and the entire Kauru Federal Constituency was an effort that would never go unnoticed but remain a commendable and appreciable gesture forever.

“The Constituency Projects implementation on Solar Powered Street Lights installation will continue to cover major communities in the entire Kauru Local Government Area.

“This project as implemented in Bandi community was the biggest of its kind and must be jealously protected from unscrupulous elements against any act of vandalism,” he admonished the people.