{"id":177749,"date":"2025-09-05T07:03:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T06:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/wike-distributes-subsidized-fertilizers-to-fct-farmers"},"modified":"2025-09-05T08:27:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T07:27:12","slug":"wike-distributes-subsidized-fertilizers-to-fct-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-distributes-subsidized-fertilizers-to-fct-farmers","title":{"rendered":"Wike Distributes Subsidized Fertilizers to FCT Farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Farmers from the six area councils of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, will enjoy 50 percent subsidy on fertilizers.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed by the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike during the distribution of fertilisers to farmers.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday in Abuja, 550 metric tonnes of fertilisers ranging from conventional NPK, granular urea, NPK gel, to urea gel fertilisers were distributed to farmers by the minister.<\/p>\n<p>The distribution was done by Wike\u2019s Chief of Staff, Chidi Amadi, on behalf of the minister.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis initiative underscores our firm commitment to food security, agricultural revitalisation, and the welfare of our people. As the FAO has emphasised, food insecurity threatens dignity, stability, and peace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn view of this, and in alignment with Mr President\u2019s Renewed Hope Agenda, the FCTA has institutionalised this annual support scheme to ease production costs and enhance yields.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe timing of this exercise is deliberate \u2013 coinciding with the farming season \u2013 to ensure that farmers can access inputs when they are most needed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>With the commencement of the distribution, the Minister cautioned against diverting the fertilizers because it must get to the real farmers who will help boost food production and security in the area councils.<\/p>\n<p>Stressing that fertilizer distribution to farmers was not enough, the Minister disclosed that the FCT Administration will collaborated with international bodies to enhance agronomic practices.<\/p>\n<p>He disclosed that the FCTA would collaborate with International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, the Japan International Cooperation Agency, the Leventis Foundation, and the World Bank for capacity building.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Farmers from the six area councils of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, will enjoy 50 percent subsidy on fertilizers. This was disclosed by the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike during the distribution of fertilisers to farmers. On Thursday in Abuja, 550 metric tonnes of fertilisers ranging from conventional NPK, granular urea, NPK gel, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":177748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[622,254,454],"class_list":["post-177749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-fct","tag-nigeria","tag-wike"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wike Distributes Subsidized Fertilizers to FCT Farmers - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Farmers from the six area councils of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, will enjoy 50 percent subsidy on fertilizers. ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-distributes-subsidized-fertilizers-to-fct-farmers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wike Distributes Subsidized Fertilizers to FCT Farmers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Farmers from the six area councils of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, will enjoy 50 percent subsidy on fertilizers. ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-distributes-subsidized-fertilizers-to-fct-farmers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-05T06:03:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-05T07:27:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1757044797.389508.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-distributes-subsidized-fertilizers-to-fct-farmers#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-distributes-subsidized-fertilizers-to-fct-farmers\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Wike Distributes Subsidized Fertilizers to FCT Farmers\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-05T06:03:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-05T07:27:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-distributes-subsidized-fertilizers-to-fct-farmers\"},\"wordCount\":267,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-distributes-subsidized-fertilizers-to-fct-farmers#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1757044797.389508.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"FCT\",\"Nigeria\",\"Wike\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-distributes-subsidized-fertilizers-to-fct-farmers#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-distributes-subsidized-fertilizers-to-fct-farmers\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-distributes-subsidized-fertilizers-to-fct-farmers\",\"name\":\"Wike Distributes Subsidized Fertilizers to FCT Farmers - 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