Farmers across Kwara Central were filled with joy on Saturday as Senator Saliu Mustapha officially launched a subsidised tractorisation programme aimed at enhancing mechanised farming and improving agricultural productivity.
The initiative, which is part of the Senator’s efforts to support rural development and food security, will provide farmers in the district with access to tractors and other mechanized farming tools at highly subsidised rates.
As part of the programme, the senator, who chairs the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Mustapha distributed tractors to the four local governments in Kwara Central.
This latest intervention comes just a week after he distributed several units of tractors to farmer groups and cooperative societies in the state, reinforcing his commitment to grassroots development through agriculture.
According to his media assistant, Nasif Sholagberu, the initiative, tagged _Turaki Sagbedoba_ is designed to support smallholder farmers and strengthen food production across rural communities.
“This distribution is part of the senator’s commitment to leveraging his legislative position to bring agricultural dividends directly to the people,” Sholagberu said.
“It also fits in perfectly into the Renewed Hope Agriculture Development Programme of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu”, he said.
Senator Mustapha, a first-time lawmaker, has emerged as a leading voice on food security and rural development in the Senate. His efforts to attract agriculture-focused interventions to his constituency are widely seen as both strategic and timely, especially in the face of rising food prices and economic uncertainties.
Stakeholders say the renewed tractor distribution will significantly ease the burden on local farmers and deepen the penetration of mechanised farming in the district.
Since assuming office, Mustapha has rolled out a wide range of empowerment initiatives, with agriculture remaining the centerpiece of his development agenda, a move analysts describe as visionary and people-oriented.