Chief Godson Ezenagu, the Commissioner for Anambra State Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has disclosed that 75 per cent of people who applied for fertilizers through the Ministry were businessmen.
Ezenagu made the disclosure while briefing news men in Awka.
In view of the ugly development, the Ministry has constituted a committee to conduct a census of farmers in the State to enhance the distribution of fertilizers during this farming season.
Ezenagu said that the census was aimed at determining the number of genuine farmers in the state.
He decried the nefarious activities of some businessmen who purchase and sell the fertilizers at exorbitant prices beyond the reach of genuine farmers.
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