Osun Farmers Throw Weight Behind Adeleke for 2026

Osun State farmers have thrown their weight behind Governor Ademola Adeleke’s re-election bid, citing his administration’s remarkable contributions to the agricultural sector.

The endorsement was made during the commissioning of a state-of-the-art Farmers’ House and the distribution of agricultural inputs to rice farmers in the state.

The farmers led by David Ogunsade, representative of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), praised the governor’s initiatives which have boosted food production and ensured food security in the state.

He urged the governor to continue with his development projects, including road construction in rural areas to facilitate the transportation of farm produce to markets.

According to him, “We want Mr. Governor to continue with the construction of roads and make more roads in rural areas for easy accessibility to assist us in taking our farm produce to the market easily.”

However, the representative of Rice Farmers, Ayeni Mathew, commended the Governor for his laudable initiative of distributing input to rice farmers in the state, saying the group has over 1000 hectares of rice plantation across the state.

He said, “the plantation of properly supported would boost rice availability in the state. We are also supporting the Governor for another in office because of his laudable support to the agricultural sector since ascending power in the state. As rice farmers, we cannot afford to say goodbye to the support we currently enjoy from the Governor and we assure you if our support come 2026.”

In his remarks, Governor Adeleke, noted that the commissioning serves as a testament to his administration’s commitment to farmers and food security.

He said, “the commissioning of this building for the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) is more than the opening of a structure but a statement of our government’s commitment to farmers and to food security. It pleases me to inform you that over 300 rice farmers will go home today with free paddy rice seeds to boost production in our State.”

Earlier, the commissioner for Agriculture, Tola Faseru, said “we have carefully selected ten (10) Rice farmers from each Local Government which aggregated to three hundred (300) farmers across the State. These farmers will be empowered with paddy rice seeds, herbicides and fertilizers. This intervention by the Government is to boost food production and ensure food sufficiency.”