By Busari Kabirat
All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Edo State chapter, has made it known that they will try to boycott the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State on September 21, 2024, base on the fact that if candidates of various political parties’ refused to reflect plans and programmes for farmers in the state.
Alhaji Bako Dogwo, who is the State chairman of AFAN, had on Sunday in an interview in Benin city said, any political party that wins governorship election in the must appoint a commissioner for Agriculture from its fold.
He said, “I want to say categorically that candidates of political parties contesting for the September 21, 2024, governorship election, who will not accommodate farmers or tell us what programmes they have for us in their manifesto, farmers in the state will not vote for such candidate.
“Their manifestoes must reflect what each candidate has in stock for farmers and programmes to better the agricultural sector in the state. Irrespective of your political party, you must come and tell us what programmes you have for farmers, because we are the engine room of the economy of the state and Nigeria at large.
“If you don’t have anything for farmers, we are not going to vote for you, and you must also demonstrate to us that if elected, this is what you are going to do.
“Also, the candidate must be ready to appoint one of us as commissioner for Agriculture in the state because you cannot appoint somebody who is a mechanic to be commissioner for health.”
He likewise gave assurance that any political party that wins the governorship election in the state, the team is ready to vote and work with such person irrespective of the political party.
