2027 elections: 40, 000 Kwara farmers, others back Tinubu, others

About 40,000 registered farmers and their families in Kwara state, have expressed their support for the re- election of President Bola Tinubu, the senatorial bid of governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and the gubernatorial ambition of the speaker of the State House of Assembly, Engr. Yakubu Danladi – Salihu.

The farmers announced their decision to support Tinubu, AbdulRazaq and Danladi- Salihu in the 2027 general elections during a media parley in Ilorin.

They also promised to work for all the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state during the coming elections.

The chairman of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Kwara state chapter, Mallam Shuaib Ajibola and AFAN coordinator in the state, Alhaji AbdulRahman Babatunde spoke with newsmen on behalf of their members.

The duo were flanked by other executive members of AFAN during the media briefing.

The farmers said the decision to give their maximum support to the three candidates was borne out of governor AbdulRazaq’s great impacts and people -oriented policies and programmes aimed at boosting agriculture productivity and income in Kwara.

They listed some of the governor’s interventions to include payment of N2 billion loan to farmers affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, maize palliative care to 10,000 beneficiaries, subsidised inputs support such as drought resistance seeds, high yield varieties with herbicides and fertiliser in 2019/2020.

They listed other interventions to include the sponsorship of 7th Agric Fair 2024, provision of flora fertiliser inputs support, 2024, tractorisation support for farmers in 2020, recent distribution of maize inputs to 2000 beneficiaries and other specific agriculture impactful programmes such as L-PRESS, ACRESAL, SAPZ, FADAMA amongst others.