Shiroro power station donates farm inputs to host communities in Niger
By Rita Iliya
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, the North South Power Foundation (NSPF), has donated agricultural inputs to host communities in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger state.
The farm inputs which comparises of 210 bags of 50kg NPK 15-15-15+10.2S golden fertilizers, 70 cartons of one litre of twelve bottle per carton herbicide slasher gramozone were handed over to the host communities by the representative of the company.
Other items handed over were 70 cartons of one litre twelve bottles per carton buta foam atrazine herbscide as part of the company’s corporate social responsibility to its host communities.
Speaking to newsmen immediately after the handing over of the item at the palace of the Emir of Minna, Malam Aminu Massaga, representative of the company, said the inputs will assist farmers to produce sufficient farm products.
According to him, donation of farm inputs has been the tradition of the company to support farmers at the beginning of every raining season.
“These are pre-emergencies and post-emergence inputs,” he said.
Receiving the items on behalf of the host communities, Professor Danladi Hakimi, commended NSP for the gesture and for listening to the call put out to them by farmers in the area.
He said the inputs will be distributed across the twelve districts that host the power dam that were affected by the construction of the dam.
This is a highly recommendable gesture, 90 per cent of these communities are predominantly farmers, these inputs are expensive and alot of farmers can not afford them.
“We are happy that NSP listened to our complaints by giving us these items at the right time and we promised to that our people will use them judiciously,” he said.
Hakimi, however, appealed to the company to support farmers in host communities with tractors, planters, harvesters and sprayers to enable them go into large scales farming.
He pledged host communities continuous support for the company to operate in a peaceful and conducive environment. (NAN)
