Sunday, October 26, 2025

Otu flags off distribution of 108 subsidised mini-tractors to boost food security

In a major step towards empowering rural communities and revitalising agriculture, Cross River State governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has launched the distribution of 108 subsidised mini-tractors to farmer cooperatives across the state. The event, held in Calabar, marked the beginning of a people-centered agricultural mechanisation programme designed to lift smallholder farmers from subsistence to commercial

In a major step towards empowering rural communities and revitalising agriculture, Cross River State governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has launched the distribution of 108 subsidised mini-tractors to farmer cooperatives across the state. The event, held in Calabar, marked the beginning of a people-centered agricultural mechanisation programme designed to lift smallholder farmers from subsistence to commercial