Kwara - Agric Board Bill for Public Hearing Today - AllAfrica.com

The public hearing for Kwara state Agribusiness trade goods Board Bill, 2007 is to come up up on Friday at the state House of Assembly.

A statement by the secretary to the House commission on Agricultural and Natural Resources, Alhaji S. koro stated that stakeholders of the agric sector, non-governmental organizations, trade, labor unions and among others are expected to turn up and do meaningful part to perfect the bill.

The measure is out to ordain a law to set up the Kwara State Agricultural Commodity Board charged with duty for the purchase of agricultural green goods from husbandmen and other substances connected therewith.

A among other mathematical functions the board is expected to play are to advance agricultural production, purchase farm green goods from husbandmen at sensible price, sell farm green goods at sensible terms and promote husbandmen on uninterrupted production.

It would also do available agriculture implements, seeds, seedlings, fertilizer, and agro chemicals, machines, etc, novice programmed to promote higher productivity, sensitise husbandman on modern tendencies and help husbandmen in all necessary ways.

Speaking on the bill, president House commission on Agribusiness and Natural resources, Hon. Alhassan, Bagidi (kaima/kemanji/wajibe) said the authorities would be convenient to help husbandmen financially in event of farm green goods harm or loss occasioned by fire, lighting, windstorm, flood, drought, blighters and other such as disasters.

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The lawmaker stressed that the Board would buy farm equipments or implements that are indispensable for storage, adding that it would also guarantee that farm green goods purchased are not substandard.

According to him it would be the privilege of the Board to guarantee that all green goods are exportable quality and obtain exportation licence where necessary.

He reiterated that the law have to be fine-turned to suit every necessary facet of green goods selling for the benefit of manufacturers and purchasers alike.