A political support group, Saraki Is Coming Door To Door 2023 organisation, has distributed 1,000 bags of fertiliser to low-income farmers in Kaduna State.
The National Coordinator of the group, Umar Faringado-Kazaure, while speaking to journalists in Kaduna on Monday, said the gesture was a follow-up to similar exercises in the North-West, North-East and North-Central states in the last four weeks.
Mr Kazaure added that the gesture would continue in order to deepen the philanthropic gesture and disposition of the President of the 8th Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki.
According to him, farmers in the northern part of the country were target beneficiaries of the gesture.
“Needless to re-emphasise that we are doing this to show who our mentor, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, is.
“He is selfless and a pan-Nigerian and we believe that when he takes up a higher national assignment again, agriculture is one area he will prioritise for the betterment and food security of the nation.
“It is on record that as governor of Kwara State, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki midwifed an innovative agricultural revolution through his Back-To-Farm project and the birth of the Shonga Farms initiative to promote job creation, improve productivity and enhance food security.
“This shows that when he take up another higher national assignment come 2023, Nigerians will feel his humane and caring attributes in governance,” he said.
Mr Faringado, therefore, added that the group will continue to undertake advocacy campaigns and humanitarian gestures toward engendering good governance and ameliorating the sufferings of the less-privileged respectively as exemplified by Saraki.
