The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has passed a resolution calling on the state government to provide a grain reserve to feed the teeming populace of the state.

This followed a motion raised by Honourable Adamu Mu’azu Adogi, representing Lafia North constituency.

Honourable Adogi observed that most people of Nasarawa State were subsistence farmers, consuming most of their food stuffs due to the non availability of storage facilities to preserve their excess food items

Contributing to the motion, Honourable Adams Nyasana, representing Toto/Gadabuke constituency, urged government to encourage farmers to embrace dry season farming so as to feed the teeming people of the state.

Also in his own contribution, Honourable Yakubu Usman Dodo, representing Keana constituency urged the state government to ensure adequate supply of fertilizer to farmers in order to increase their yield while Honourable Raymond Akolo from Nasarawa West called on the government to provide soft loans to farmers to enable them purchase enough farm inputs ahead of the planting season.

In a related development, the House has called on the state government to expedite action on the conduct local government elections.

The resolution followed a motion brought by Honourable Mohammed Agoshi Onawo, representing Doma North constituency, under matters of public interest.

He argued that since the issue of Transitional Management Committee (TMC) was no longer feasible, the continued stay in office of Directors of Personnel Management (DPM) to pilot the affairs of local government councils should be discontinued by the election of substantive council officials.