The Etsu Nupe and chairman, Niger State Council of Conventional Rulers
Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, has decried imminent droughts on this yr’s farming season and looked for prayers to reverse the scenario.
LEADERSHIP report that farmers in Niger State have been expressing fears over the dearth of rain within the month of August and its attendant results on crops.
Among the farmers have complained in regards to the impact on crops like rice and maize predominantly cultivated within the state.
Mohammed Baba, a farmer informed LEADERSHIP that the crops are drying on account of the scarcity of rainfall, an expertise, he stated is novel to the state.
“We heard of the issue of drought in historical past, however that’s what we’re more likely to expertise this yr; it’s actual. By this August, we’re supposed to not complain of rain”, he stated.
In the identical vein, Farouk Haruna stated that with the excessive value of meals gadgets this yr and what they’re experiencing of their farms, it’s a catastrophe ready for them.
The Etsu Nupe reacting to outcry from his topic stated there was the necessity to search divine intervention within the face of the approaching drought.
He stated a critical disaster might befall some components of Nigeria, if bumper harvests weren’t recorded on account of the scarcity of rainfall.
The royal father stated the scenario would worsen the hardship at the moment confronted by the folks, positing that “We have now no choice however to hunt divine intervention for us to have plentiful rainfall this yr in order that there might be loads of meals to feed ourselves.”
