CALL ON KOGI STATE GOVERNMENT TO LEAD THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE ON NATURAL PROTECTIVE FARM TECHNIQUE, TO GUARANTY SAFETY OF FARMERS' LIVES AND BUMPER HARVESTS WITH ATTENDANT ECONOMIC TURN AROUND: Stop Unprotected Farming...

 _please *WATCH* the attached *VIDEO* first, else you *won't understand_* 

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*CALL ON KOGI STATE GOVERNMENT TO LEAD THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE ON NATURAL PROTECTIVE FARM TECHNIQUE, TO GUARANTY SAFETY OF FARMERS' LIVES AND BUMPER HARVESTS WITH ATTENDANT ECONOMIC TURN AROUND*: Stop Unprotected Farming...

A group known as New Initiative For Protective Farming *(NIPROF)* has Challenged Kogi State Government under the leadership of His Excellency, Alhaji Ododo Ahmed Usman to take the leadership in global protective farming.

In a statement signed by it's initiator, Comrade Dayo ONIBIYO, it believes that, continuos lamentations won't get the people back to farm and won't bring the foods around to arrest the soaring prices of food in the market, which unfortunately, is the same market for the poor, so called average and the rich.

 _The document made available, went further to state thus:_ 

This is very sad and unfortunate, barbaric and wicked, These HERDERS are animals, these thieves are mad and so on, we hear lamentations, worse than the holy books condemnations.  says the condemners.

VIDEO ADDRESS, copy and play

https://youtu.be/rWbcpLvI4Eo?si=LQNdC0K8YkFFYXjf

Then Government will join to plug in as sympathizers by saying, ' _the Government condemns this despicable act and calls for proper investigation',_ they will even add, _the culprits will not go unpunished, they will be brought to book,_ hmmmmm.

The prayer warriors are not left out, *Oh God, these people must die for this, these souls must repent, thunder must fire them and what else....* It simply re occurs again! and again.

The blessers too will mount the stage, " _God will wipe your tears and give you worthy fruits from your labour,"_ (that na if the farmer is lucky to be alive and not killed even with his family members...)

This is why we made the *farm and security proposal* which is very essential, necessary and a pointer to bumper harvests and returning confidence in the people to become farmers, or return to farm or start funding farming as a lucrative business. 

Sadly, _we have not the powers in our own hands, we have no noise in our mouth and our legs and arms are weak to reach the authorities who in Nigeria always have very *HEAVY EARS* to hear!!!_ 

Oh! the encouragers and positive inspiration and motivational speakers will then arrive, " _be strong our brother, we plead to government and well wishers to intervene, we are sure you will come out of it, a better person (or if the farmer dies,) *they will say,* we have no doubt that the children won't suffer the same date.., please do not give up."_ 

WE stand to be quoted, any *FARM* today in Nigeria, that lacks *SECURITY*, simply put as *NATURAL SECURITY* with one off approach, as provided for in that proposal on farming, is nothing but a share *CONTINUOUS WASTE OF-* _time, self resources, public resources and putting of lives at the mouth of *DEATH* ._  Or better still a game of *bet Naija one CHANCE FARMING* ...  or in Okun language *O ro je, o ghen mo ro je, ori ba bao se*

That is why farming today, ideally outside subsistence farming for you and your family, that is close or near to your house is a waste. You must have  embarked on a bazar trip or unglorified philanthropist movement.

Dramatically, we see government trying in the 21st Century to reply to these farm carnages by hiring security agencies, planting of trees or do you call it woods to protect farms or even the _almighty_ Federal Government trying to hire what they call farm Rangers to guide farm , may be not even including at nights, we web-laugh in spiral rigmaroles to the failure that accompanies such moves like they are semblance of the flies andnrhe wound, failures from ab initio.

Have you imagined the funds that will go into these schemes if it come to pass: such as hiring and recruiting, payment of salaries, allowances (in the face of new minimum wage) purchase of arms and armmunition, logistics such as communication, vehicles, prosecution, offices, contract or engagement details like medical packages, retirement plans and so on, or have you thought of the issue of the *LONG NIGHT* itself and it's sustainability.

1. Again, just how many security men or agencies will be deployed to GUARD/PROTECT FARMS and even at NIGHT? On how many farms in how many places? 

2. How many iron will be welded and installed to protect farm sizes and how many farms in how many places?

3. How many trees or wood or barriers will be planted round farms, in what gaps for growth and on how many farms in how many places?

4. How many farm Rangers will be hired and maintained in how many farms in how many places?

5. How does these protects the ordinary farmers and how does he have access to them?

All these in the face of a *ONE OFF NATURAL PROTECTION SYSTEM* from deep thinking and research over years in response to food Insecurity challenges and need for prices of food to come down and finally capped with *SAFETY OF LIVES OF FARMERS and INHABITANTS.* 

"We hereby call on the GOVERNMENT OF KOGI STATE, our dear State to return to its shelf and search for the proposal, dust it, study it, take the bold step of calling for its defence and hit the ground running as we commend the purchase of tractors and all the other effort made so far, to commence boosting agriculture. "

It added that: *ITS NEVER GOING TO BE ENOUGH, AND JUTS NEVER GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE, IF FARMS ARE NOT PROTECTED THESE DAYS* Yorubas will say, *aso igba, la nda fun igba* meaning, _it's the cloth that fits a time that is made for time..._ 

 _Na simple sense we need abeg, e no be turanchi..._

 *Reference here made in a video to Mr. Juwon's farm at Mefokule Farm Settlement along Imela-Ogbom towns road, in Oke Oyi district of Yagba East Local Government Areas of Kogi State, North Central Nigeria, yesterday Saturday 23rd of June 2024.*