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Contract Farming Scheme: Silvex Distributes Groundnut Seeds to Farmers in Kano, Jigawa States

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Silvex International, a commodity trading firm and food processing company has engaged four hundred and twenty groundnut farmers in Kano and Jigawa states under a regenerative agriculture initiative to increase yield and minimise cost of production.

Silvex is working in partnership with RegenFarm UK, Kingston Organic and Links Project funded by British Foreign and Common Wealth Development Office (FCDO) to improve the livelihoods of Smallholder farmers in some selected northern states of Nigeria.

The farmer beneficiaries who are mainly youths and women were selected from Ajingi local government in Kano state while others are from Jahun, Maigatari, Sule Tankarkar, Gagarawa, Garki and Malam Madori in Jigawa state.

The contract farming scheme was introduced to create a formal agreement between the farmers and off-takers of farm produce that is signed by both parties at the beginning of every crop production season.

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According to the Managing Director, Silvex International Alhaji Abubakar Karfi, the contract farming guarantees off-take at farm gate under prevailing market price.

“We initiated this project to strategically engage farmers on the practice of regenerative agriculture, which is a farming principle different from the conventional approach that naturally increases crop yield, minimise cost of production and reduces use of chemicals”. He. affirmed

Under the contract farming, the beneficiary farmers would be trained and input would be distributed to them by the off-taker which they are expected to repay the value of input given with the produce harvested at the end of the season as the off-taker retains the first right of refusal to purchase the remaining commodity from the beneficiary farmers at a prevailing market price.

The regenerative agriculture project would be Scale up to all crop production local government areas in Kano and Jigawa states where smallholder farmers would be supported to plant economic trees in their farmlands for protection against erosion and enable carbon sequestration.

The regenerative agriculture initiative is supported by Silvex’s partners; The Links Project funded by British Foreign and Common Wealth Development Office (FCDO), RegenFarm UK and Kingston Organic.

In a response to the seed distribution exercise, a lead farmer Musa Saleh Ajingi expressed delight on behalf of the beneficiaries with a promise of coordinating a hitch free contract farming arrangement.

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Kano State Hosts 8th Annual Audit Forum to Enhance Transparency and Accountability

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The 8th Annual Audit Forum, organized by the Office of the Auditor General of Kano State, was held recently, focusing on strengthening transparency and accountability in public financial management. .

Isma’ila Musa, the Auditor General of Kano State, welcomed the participants and highlighted the constitutional and legal mandates that guide the auditing process. “Sections 125(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and 36(i) of the Kano State Audit Law, 2021 (as amended) mandate the Office of the Auditor General to audit the accounts and financial statements of the State Government and all Offices and Courts,” he stated.

Musa expressed immense gratitude to His Excellency, Engineer Abba Kabir Yusuf, the Governor of Kano State, for his support in making the event possible. “It is very important to note that a strengthened fiscal transparency will help build trust in governance,” he emphasized. He added that the Audit Forum is a reform intended to reduce opportunities for corruption and abuse of public resources, thereby increasing the efficiency of public expenditures.

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The Auditor General also acknowledged the contributions of various officials, including the Hon. Commissioner Ministry of Planning and Budget, the Accountant General, the Executive Chairman of Kano Internal Revenue Services, and former Auditors General, among others. “My sincere appreciation to all the invitees here present for honoring our invitation. I wish us a successful 8th Kano State Annual Audit Forum,” Musa concluded.

In his remarks, the Chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts, Honorable Tukur Fagge, praised the exercise for its potential to enhance resource management and ensure the success of the tasks at hand. “This exercise will enhance resources management and will realize the success of the task,” Fagge stated.

Sarkin Shanon Kano, Shehu Muhammad Dankadai, who served as the royal father of the day, also graced the event, adding to the significance of the occasion.

The forum underscored the commitment of the Kano State Government to upholding transparency and accountability, reflecting the administration’s dedication to effective and efficient service delivery.

 

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Breaking: Former Secretary of Federal Electoral Commission, FEDECO, Ahmadu Kurfi Passes On at 93

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November 21, 2024

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A former secretary of the Federal Electoral Commission, Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi, has passed away.

A family source, Jafar Yakubu, informed NIGERIAN TRACKER about the death of the pioneer secretary of the Federal Electoral Commission, who supervised the 1979 general election.

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Jafar Yakubu said Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi died at the age of 93 and his Janaza funeral prayers will take place by 2:30 PM at Kurfi in KATSINA state .

 

Dr. Amadu Kurfi, OFR, was born in 1931. He was a former chairman of the then Marketing Board, former Federal Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Defence, and the first person to acquire a BSc degree in the whole of Katsina State, at University College London in 1957.

 

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President Tinubu Sacks UNIZIK Vice-Chancellor, Registrar

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The governing council of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University has been dissolved by President Bola Tinubu.

The president dissolved the council and approved the removal of the institution’s vice-chancellor Bernard Odoh and the university registrar, Rosemary Nwokike.

A statement by Bayo Onanuga, the special adviser to the president on information and strategy said the action by Tinubu follows allegations of procedural violations in the appointment of the Vice-Chancellor.

He also said that the council led by Greg Ozumba Mbadiwe and including five other members—Hafiz Oladejo, Augustine Onyedebelu, Engr. Amioleran Osahon, and Rtd. Gen. Funsho Oyeneyin was accused of bypassing due process to appoint an unqualified candidate, prompting federal intervention.

Onanuga said, “The sacking of the governing council and officials followed reports that the council illegally appointed an unqualified vice-chancellor without following due process.

He added that following the controversial appointment, the Federal Government stepped in to address the rivalry between the university’s Senate and the governing council of the institution.

“The government expressed concern over the council’s apparent disregard for the university’s governing laws in its selection process”, Onanuga added.

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