The state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje who announced this also said “Wheat production in the state increased from 9, 495, 024 tonnes in 2015 to 17, 717, 000 tonnes in 2016, showing a swell of 84 percent”.

The governor stated this during an Interactive Session on loan recovery with Farmers, on the Central Bank of Nigeria/Bank of Agriculture/Kano state Rice Anchor - Borrowers Programme, at Kano Seed Processing Center, Kadawa, Garun Malam Local Government area, on Saturday evening.

Governor Ganduje, who further revealed that the bumper harvest recorded last year in Kano showed a significant increase in the production of other commodities like maize, millet, groundnut and cow peas, expressing that with the government’s commitment, barring unanticipated developments, the output would be multiplied this year.

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