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The National President of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Kabir Ibrahim, has said that the minister of agriculture and rural development, Sabo Nanono, and Farouk Mudi, one of the AFAN members, are colluding to defraud Nigerian farmers by sending letters itemising some inputs for sale at reduced prices to be paid in through Heritage Bank account.
This was disclosed in a statement on Tuesday by Mr Ibrahim.
He said, “It has come to our notice that the Honourable Minister of Agriculture and one Farouk Rabiu Mudi are colluding to defraud Nigerian Farmers by sending letters itemizing some inputs for sale at reduced prices to be paid for in account: All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) 5100311797 maintained at Heritage Bank.
“The account is fraudulently operated in an obscure and unsuspecting bank as can be seen,” he said.
According to him the items purportedly to be launched by the minister, along with three other ministers, are substandard.
“The items purportedly to be launched by the Honourable Minister of Agriculture along with 3 other Ministers are substandard and have been in the warehouses in Keffi and Mando since 2017.
“You will recall that in 2019, we were asked to buy some of them but nobody came forward to do so because they were expensive and substandard.
“Today they are subsidized by 75% and still unpopular and therefore still unsold.
“A small number of these items were illegally given to Farouk Mudi and cohorts FREE OF CHARGE and he is fraudulently trying to sell them to unsuspecting farmers,” he said.