Benue: Gov Alia unveils 2026 fertiliser distribution exercise, subsidises product by 51%

Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has reaffirmed his administration’s committedness to cultivation translation done strategical onshore aggregation and improved entree to workplace inputs, unveiling a 51 per cent subsidy connected fertiliser for farmers crossed the state.

The politician made the announcement on Thursday while officially flagging disconnected the 2026 Fertiliser and Other Farm Inputs Sales and Distribution Exercise astatine the Benue Fertilizer Blending Plant, Industrial Layout, Makurdi.

Alia disclosed that fertiliser would beryllium sold to farmers astatine a subsidised complaint of ₦28,000 per bag, with the authorities authorities absorbing 51 per cent of the outgo to trim accumulation expenses and enactment smallholder farmers.

He described the workout arsenic much than a seasonal intervention, saying it forms portion of a broader cultivation argumentation aimed astatine boosting nutrient security, expanding cultivated farmlands done onshore aggregation, and promoting agrarian economical development.

According to the governor, Benue’s presumption arsenic the nation’s nutrient handbasket tin lone beryllium sustained done deliberate investments successful modern cultivation practices and husbandman enactment programmes.

He noted that his medication is expanding acc...