FG fails to deliver 2000 tractors after contract with firm

One year after the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture signed a contract with a private firm to deliver 2000 tractors, implements, and 100 combined harvesters annually, the supplies have not been delivered.

This was a move by the Tinubu-Administration for its Renewed Hope Agenda geared towards reducing food inflation, increasing food production and reducing foreign currency expenditure on the purchase of ready-made equipment due to the growth of local production.

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While speaking on the floor of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, Saba Adam, noted that the non-delivery of these implements is a setback to the Renewed Hope Agenda.

The lawmaker asked the Committee on Agricultural Production and Services to probe the non-delivery of the machines as stated in the agreement and submit a report back within four weeks of investigation.