Adamawa farmers seek access road to move produce

Farmers at Tingno rice plantation community in Lamurde Local Government of Adamawa State have urged the government to provide access road to ease movement of farm produce.Tingno is a major rice-producing area but lacks access roads and other amenities.Richard Angelo, village head, spoke in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Tingno town.Angelo, who spoke through his secretary, Simon Kade, said the community was a major paddy producing area in Northeast.Read Also:FG distributes fertiliser to farmers in KogiHe regretted that lack of access road, among others, was militating against rice cultivation and affecting peoples social and economic wellbeing.Tingno and its environs are the largest centres of paddy rice production in Adamawa and Northeast.We cultivated rice during rain-fed and dry season activities. Dozens of trucks of paddy are transported from Tingno to other parts of the country as well as Chad and Cameroon republics.Our major challenge is lack of access road to link Tingno to Lafiya and adjourning communities, Angelo said, adding that the poor state of the road was exposing them to difficulties.
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