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FG fertiliser hijacked, now sold above official price
The Federal Government’s Presidential Fertiliser Initiative designed to get fertilizer to smallholder farmers at the approved prices has been hijacked by middlemen, Daily Trust investigation has shown.
A bag of the NPK 20:10:10 brand is supposed to sell at the approved price of N5,500 each.
Howerver, reports from states indicate that farmers now buy the product at between N6,500 and N7,000 while the whistleblower number inscribed on the bag to forestall malpractices is not responding.
Many farmers across the country confirmed that the whistleblower number is not active as several attempts to call the line failed.
Professor Salihu Dadari, a researcher with the Institute of Agricultural Research who is also a lecturer at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, told Daily Trust that he witnessed the fraudulent activities marring the government fertiliser sales when he went to buy the product.
DailyTrust, July 31, 2017
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