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 this 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 deep into the interiors
so that we will be able to communicate with them even in the hinterlands.”
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