The Chairman of Aiyekire Local Government Mr Adeoye Adeyemo has distributed Farm Implements worth millions of naira to farmers in the local government to boost food security and reduce hunger in the state.
During the distribution held at the council Secretariat at Ode-Ekiti, the Council Boss said that the gesture was to key into the shared prosperity Agender of Governor Biodun Oyebanji in the Agricultural sector.
Items distributed by the council boss included Spraying Pumps, Cutlasses, habicides, rainboots among others.
Mr Adeyemo told the beneficiaries that the distribution which is the second edition was to tackle the prevailing food crisis in the country, particularly in Aiyekire Local government area.
The Chairman said that over 50 local farmers within the Council benefitted in the programme which was to complement the state government’s drive in the production of food in the state.
Mr Adeyemo appealed to the beneficiaries to make the best use of the items and desist from selling them.
One of the Beneficiaries Mr Kayode Ayodele from Isinbode thanked Mr Adeyemo for encouraging them to farming and promised to make the best use of the materials.
Owa Ooro of Agbado Ekiti Oba Adesina Obafemi appreciate the Chairman for remembering the farmers and urged them to justify the reason for the distribution.
Dignitaries at the occasion include Vice Chairman of the council Hon. Adeyanju Joseph, Secretary Mr Esan Ogunjobi, Political leaders and Directors in the local government.
