kynbasil01:
go and eat so u can see clear...

You must be daft and sick in the head for attacking my person.

Can't you address an issue without attack?? Stupid fool

LEXYCOM:
Thank God no be government dey provide the Air I breath, they for commot subsidy too.....God pass una.....APshit

my dear you made my day GOD IS NOT MAN OR ELSE PEOPLE LIKE ME WOULD HAVE DIED A LONG TIME AGO.Thank You Jesus.

Isoni:
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Audu Ogbeh, has announced plans by the Federal Government to withdraw subsidy[size=8pt][/size] for fertiliser procurement in Nigeria.

That wasn't there when I made my comment. The OP must have modified the post.

This government is withdrawing subsidy everywhere they can because their campaihn fund wasnt subsidized

Keneking:
Amazing

Jonathan tried to remove it but couldn't...the cabal promised him support for 2nd term victory. But Jonathan Azikwe failed

Meanwhile Sai Buhari for this decision

zombidified being.

This is nonsense. Even abroad farmers are subsidized to keep food prices low. They even have tax breaks. This foolish minister of agriculture better know what he is doing. Scarcity of food is the fastest way to bring a government down. No to removal of subsidy on agricultural products.

Even in America,Subsidy is on Agric.. omolola15 Aye yii tii bajee..

Thatitan234:


You must be daft and sick in the head for attacking my person.

Can't you address an issue without attack?? Stupid fool

Yea yea, two wrongs make one right!

Bro, why are you so pained??

Thatitan234:


That wasn't there when I made my comment. The OP must have modified the post.

Hypocrite...
The op didn't modify anything after your first comment.

They've showed you where it is and you are blaming the op...

If I call you zombie now, it will be like am insulting you, while you are the one insulting and embarrassing yourself..

Can someone tell me what this government is up to,what do they hope to achieve, are they trying to starve us now?,soon people will break into homes just to steal food, alright ooo,let them kwotinue, shey they wanted change,so far they cannot unsubsidize the air we breath,atleast I know I didn't waste my time to stand on the queue during the elections, I would have been angry with myself by now

I am a graduate of agriculture n I can say confidential dat it is a welcome development.... because the farmers d subsidy was meant 4 don't get d fertilizer and d major farmers get 2 buy all d fertilizer n profit frm it.... I tink it is a welcome development.....

baby124:
This is nonsense. Even abroad farmers are subsidized to keep food prices low. They even have tax breaks. This foolish minister of agriculture better know what he is doing. Scarcity of food is the fastest way to bring a government down. No to removal of subsidy on agricultural products.

Subsidy is not placed on fertilizers... dey r suppose 2 B placed on agricultural products nt on agricultural inputs... major farms like otta farm buys million tons of fertilizers and a village farmer is wait 4 cooperative to give him 2 bags 2 plant his 7plots farm land.... Bro calculate we gain frm d subsidy

APC (All Promises Cancil)

BeeBeeOoh:
Abii na only withdraw this administration sabi, dem no dey deposit?? Haba!!

AND THE IDIOTEYS SAYS THEY WANTS TO MAKE AGRICULTURE PRIORITY?

Thatitan234:
And where did they mention subsidy removal in the body of your post??

Modified: The OP has modified the post to include the first paragraph, as it was clearly missing when this post was first made.

Sorry. But the OP has plausible deniability that he did not edit his post as an afterthought. The way to catch him red-handed next time is to quote his post before you make your comment. Only the mods, if a conniving one, has the ability to hide a quoted post.

Don't worry, FG will soon withdraw FEC(fedreal executive council) and then, Zoogeria and finally Nigeria. What will be left will be called Freegeria.

2dugged:
can some please tell me what other things the government subsidizes so I can prepare my mind, it seems more palliatives will be unsubsidized

Education

Tolexander:
not this time when we are trying to diversify the economy from oil to agriculture et all.

Why always 'making things available' is always the assurance given when subsidy is announced being removed when we know that the availability won't be different from when subsidy is on it!

Dont deceive yourself, if Buhari wanted to diversify into agriculture he wont make the budget for agriculture lower than what it was last year. He simply said it because he told the governors to do so, so that they wont bother him for oil money.

What a contradictory report. Government say it will remove subsidy but will diversify into agriculture and address food shortages. And they said the previous administration was clueless.

At a time whey be say na only yahoo and EFCC boys dey cook rice and stew because of price of tomatoes and bag of rice for market na e Sai Baba wan remove subsidy for agriculture.

Its alright...................................

That means foodstuff will become more expensive huh?


APC has killed this country.

GWMI:
my dear you made my day GOD IS NOT MAN OR ELSE PEOPLE LIKE ME WOULD HAVE DIED A LONG TIME AGO.Thank You Jesus.

Same testimony bro, it is of the Lord's mercy I am not consumed

naija247:

Education

Ok,then they will soon unsubsidize education, it's just a matter of time,the country is too broke to afford to continue to subsidize education

Zeusd3:


Subsidy is not placed on fertilizers... dey r suppose 2 B placed on agricultural products nt on agricultural inputs... major farms like otta farm buys million tons of fertilizers and a village farmer is wait 4 cooperative to give him 2 bags 2 plant his 7plots farm land.... Bro calculate we gain frm d subsidy

Did the local farmers have access to billions of stolen funds like the otta farmer? Are they not going to pay interest on the loans that they provide them? What if their crops are diseased in a year. Then they are left with loss and unscrupulous banks can seize their properties, in addition to the cost they incur buying fertilizer.
This action should not be allowed to happen. In fact people are already feeling the pains of fuel subsidy with increased food prices. Messing with farmers will drive it up higher. Don't play with food at all. Careful allocation of fertilizer should be implemented. And if the issue is importation, fertilizer can be made here in Nigeria of compost, which is rotting food. And provided to the farmers at cheap prices as we cannot afford to enter the era of subsidized products which will be more expensive when farmers shoot up their prices.

If only the government will focus on better ideas and not withdrawing thinks without thinking. When the masses are hungry, no security vote will save them. You can be sure that withdrawal of fertilizer subsidy will shoot up food prices.

I would advice the federal government against the withdrawal of subsidy on fertilizer, as this would increase the farmers cost of production,resulting in the further increase of food products.it is common knowledge all over the world that agriculture is always subsidized.Subsidizing agric inputs is far better than given farmers credit

Keneking:
Amazing

Jonathan tried to remove it but couldn't...the cabal promised him support for 2nd term victory. But Jonathan Azikwe failed

Meanwhile Sai Buhari for this decision

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Bro,I am APC supporter but this is pure nonsense nd another way for the Masses to suffer.

Dnt tell me that u don't know that the price of food has increased than b4.Now,the FG has removed subsidy on fertilizer. What will then happens to the price of food in the market?? Definitely the price will increases again nd Masses suffer more in the future coz the price of food will increases automatically in the long run.

commercial farmers with High level of labour will reduce the number of labour coz they wil spend more money on fertilizer than before (boost unemployment in Labour market).

You have no iota of reason to praise PMB on this useless nd barbaric decision.

The excuse from the minister is not enough for FG to remove the subsidy on fertilizer.

Hike in electricity tariff,
Hike in price of goods,
Subsidy is no more on oil,
Subsidy is no more on fertilizer to boost production.

Tell me why u dey Laud's this as an achievement??

During this one year of PMB led government.Am highly disappointed in him.I cnt even bliv I can against PMB on this forum.

Can u pls tell me the dividend's of democracy when the government keep on remove subsidy on primary needs??.

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Checked86:
it is there. You should read it when you wake up. The post said the government DECISION (government decision to remove subsidy)would ensure availabity... FG's plan is to make sure that the farmers obtain loan at a single digit interest rate. If you are a grown man and still let party alliance to cloud your reasoning, you are taking a vital part of your life away. Government makes mistake. They are people like you with imperfections. You don't need to defend government just because the decision is coming from PDP or APC. You defend the masses because that is where you belong for now. That being said, I think this is a good decision by the government because I never trusted anything called subsidy. The real farmers that really need Fertilisers subsidy may not have seen the effect. Na niaja nah. Somebody that does not know the use of fertilisers would be in his office pocketing the money and issuing statement up and down. They should do this one without letting the populace know. The price of agricultural produces are already high, and hearing this plan can even spur them to cut the throat at once.

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with all due respect sir..am not sure u know anything about agricultural policy formation neither have you been following any in Nigeria... subsidy on fertilizer by the then ATA.+Agricultural transformation agenda) was closely monitored by the then administration to curb the activities of those sitting at the office that might want to divert the whole money into their pocket by introduction of e-wallet ....so my brother just admit this present admiration is just clueless...

Keneking:
Amazing

Jonathan tried to remove it but couldn't...the cabal promised him support for 2nd term victory. But Jonathan Azikwe failed

Meanwhile Sai Buhari for this decision

seriously I have read where people on this forum call you a robot and I have refused 2 give it a meaning, but my question is are you really one?? .....cos after what you wrote dia, I needed to be sure if you a real human or robot, no harm meant pls, thanks

EasternActivist:


Hypocrite...
The op didn't modify anything after your first comment.

They've showed you where it is and you are blaming the op...

If I call you zombie now, it will be like am insulting you, while you are the one insulting and embarrassing yourself..

What has "zombie" gotten to do with I pointing out a mistake by the OP??

Going through your profile, i can see how miserable today's politics have made you.

Some of us Nigerians are well meaning and optimistic about the fate of this country, irrespective of the ethno-religious bigotry flowing around.

You don't deserve anymore words from me.

Thatitan234:


What has "zombie" gotten to do with I pointing out a mistake by the OP??

Going through your profile, i can see how miserable today's politics have made you.

Some of us Nigerians are well meaning and optimistic about the fate of this country, irrespective of the ethno-religious bigotry flowing around.
I
You don't deserve anymore words from me.

Stroll the much as you can... My records makes me and the good people of Nigeria proud.

Meanwhile the mistake was first made by you.

Oshlander:

In the light of this, they are proposing the same school fees across board for Federal Tertiary Institutions. That means the subsidy would have been removed before the announcement.

Well, it seems it will be sooner than I thought,Nigerians are surely in for a long bumpy ride, strap your seat belts, people!

Fertiliser Subsidy: How Nigeria Short Changes Farmers

OCTOBER 3, 2013

"Abubakar Jibrin is a young farmer in Kumo town of Gombe State in Northern Nigeria. During the last Ramadan season in July-August, while other Muslim faithful fasted and prayed, and rested from the scorching sun, he pedalled his bicycle to Kembu, six kilometres away to receive two bags of fertiliser which government allocated to him at a subsidised rate.

Jibrin has about two hectres of farmland where he plants rice, maize, millet and groundnuts, and requires between about six bags of fertiliser to nourish it. At the market price of N6,000 per bag, he would need N36,000 to purchase the volume of fertiliser he requires.

Early in the year, when he heard about a new federal government fertiliser subsidy scheme which would enable him buy two bags at N2,750 each, Jibrin quickly joined the queue to register.

Months later, he got a text message telling him his subsidised fertiliser was ready. But he had to travel 6 kilometres to redeem it. Even though he was fasting, religiously, he rode his bicycle to Kembu.

But he got no fertiliser even after undertaking the journey three times.

“I went there thrice, from here to Kembu about 6 kilometers, on bicycle. But whenever we got there, we discovered that the workers had not arrived,” he said.

“Even when they come to distribute, they don’t follow the queue. They will just be giving the fertiliser to people outside the queue….even if they are not registered farmers.”

Frustrated, Jibrin stopped going to Kembu for fertiliser and was forced to buy a few bags at the market price of N6,000 each.

Babajide Awoyelu, a farmer in Kajola Ijesha in Atakumosa West local government area of Osun State in Southwest Nigeria, had a similar experience. In February, he registered under the Growth Enhancement Support (GES) scheme.

He received an SMS alert in May to go to Osu to collect two bags of fertiliser for N5,500. Awoyelu went to the redemption centre several times but always went home empty handed.

“They promised to give us two bags of fertiliser, vegetables seedlings and chemicals but they kept on saying the items have not been brought to them. I stopped going because I saw they were deceiving us,” he said.

Jibrin and Awoyelu are just two of many Nigerian farmers who registered for the GES scheme but got no fertiliser during this year’s farming season.

The scheme was introduced in 2012 by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to provide subsidised inputs, including fertiliser and improved seeds, to farmers.

Under the scheme, the federal government subsidised fertiliser by 25 per cent and the state governments are expected to add another 25 per cent subsidy so that farmers could purchase at N2,750 per bag instead of between N5,000 and N6,000, which is the market price."

The whole fertilizer subsidy thing was a scam, the fertilizer trucks were bought by rich business men and diverted as farm as Sudan , Mali.The Government can offer other support like loans,agro insurance , enhance seeds , storage and mechanized inputs.

BeeBeeOoh:
Abii na only withdraw this administration sabi, dem no dey deposit?? Haba!!

I can see that you are ignorant of what the past administrations practice with fertilizer importation, subsidy, and distribution.