The Federal Government is to spend about N60
billion to procure 10million telephone handsets from China and the US for free
distribution to rural farmers across the country.
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of
Agriculture, Mrs Ibukun Odusote, said the handsets would be made available to
the farmers in the first quarter of the year.
She said the programme is aimed at establishing
direct electronic communication between the government and farmers on agricultural
matters, adding that the beneficiaries would be “women and youths” in rural
areas.
“The handsets will be the tools with which to
communicate with the farmers in the rural areas, deep into the interiors so
that we will be able to communicate with them even in the hinterlands.”
Na wao! 60billion on handsets for farmers. Did the farmers complain that their problem was handsets
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of phones are they buying with this outrageous sum, Blackberry Porsche?
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