Over 100,000 hectares of rice farms in Jigawa State have been destroyed by the Hadejia floods.
President Muhammadu Buhari has decried the incident which claimed lives and sympathised with the victims.
Though a statement issued by his Media and Publicity aide, Mallam Garba Shehu, the president said that “this destruction to farmlands is particularly worrisome because it comes at a time my government is vigorously pursuing efforts to boost local rice production and end importation of the commodity.
“Agriculture is the largest employer of labour and a major source of income for most ordinary Nigerians, the destruction of rice farms in Jigawa State is bad news not only for the victims but also for the government policy of achieving food sufficiency and food security in the country,” he said.
