Farmers face bandit taxes as insecurity threatens food production in northern Nigeria

The farming play has begun erstwhile again, but for galore communities successful Katsina, Sokoto, Zamfara, Yobe, and different bluish states affected by banditry, it is simply a play of fearfulness and nonaccomplishment alternatively than anticipation and gain.

Previous reports person shown however equipped bandits imposed amerciable “farming taxes” connected struggling farmers trying to supply nutrient for their families.

In June, bandits reportedly asked residents of Kwandawa assemblage successful Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State to wage a N20 cardinal levy oregon vacate their colony and farmlands.

It was alleged that the levy was imposed pursuing the sidesplitting of 1 of the bandits’ members.

Also successful June, residents of astir 26 communities successful Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State began contributing towards the outgo of caller levies imposed by bandits, who had stopped them from accessing their farms up of the farming season.

Reports claimed that the equipped groups issued a three-day ultimatum, informing farmers not to sojourn their farmlands until their demands were afloat met.

Also successful June, equipped groups operating successful parts of Kano and Katsina states reportedly extorted farmers, demanding up to N50,000 per acre from sugarcane growers earlier harvest. It was alleged that they had establ...