Food scarcity looms as bandits sack farmers in 60 villages
According to locals, many farms in the area produce more than 2,000 bags of maize every season. During the launch of the 2021 maize wet season farming and first maize pyramid in Nigeria in the state, Governor Aminu Bello Masari disclosed that over 50,000 hectares of farmland were abandoned by farmers in the state in 2020 due to attacks by bandits. Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari had, on several occasions tasked the security agencies to flush out terrorists and bandits so that farmers would have their confidence restored and return to their farmlands. Sadiq Bala, a farmer in Faskari Loca...
Source: dailytrust.com