Namadi urges Tinubu to review wheat, rice import tariffs to protect Nigerian farmers

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‎Jigawa State Governor, Malam Umar Namadi, has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to reappraisal import tariff policies connected wheat and rice, informing that unfavourable policies could undermine section accumulation and exposure Nigerian farmers to unfair competition.

‎Namadi made the entreaty connected Tuesday portion delivering an code astatine the APC statesmanlike run rally held astatine the Dutse Township Stadium, Jigawa State, during President Tinubu's authoritative sojourn to the state.

‎The politician said though the Federal Government had supported farmers done subsidised cultivation machinery and improved entree to prime workplace inputs, determination was a request to present policies that would promote large-scale home production.

‎He expressed interest that import tariff policies, peculiarly connected wheat and rice, could weaken incentives for section farmers if they were not cautiously designed to support home producers.

‎"We respectfully taxable that incentives for large-scale section accumulation whitethorn beryllium weakened unless import tariff policies, peculiarly for wheat and rice, are cautiously designed to support our farmers from unfair competition," the politician said.

‎He truthful urged President Tinubu to reappraisal the policies to fortify incentives for home cultivation accumulation and safeguard the livelihoods of farmers.

‎According to him, expanding section accumulation of indispensable nutrient co...