18/09/2025
🌾 A Farmer’s Voice on Food Prices in Nigeria 🌾
I recently heard that the Federal Government has approved a reduction in the prices of food and farm products. This is a very good idea, and we appreciate it. Cheaper food means ordinary Nigerians can afford to eat, and that is something we all desire.
But I have a concern. While food prices are going down, the cost of farming itself is going up. A farmer cannot produce food without buying fertilizers, agrochemicals, fuel, paying for tractors, and other farm inputs. Today, all these things are very expensive.
👉🏽 For example:
A tractor needs fuel, and fuel prices are rising.
Fertilizers and chemicals are costly.
Grinding machines and harvest engines require fuel and maintenance.
Even transporting goods to the market costs more because of fuel.
How do we expect a farmer to spend so much money producing food, and then sell it at a very low price? It is not balanced.
The issue does not end there. Farmers are also human beings. If a farmer wants to build a house, cement and zinc are very expensive. If he wants to buy a motorcycle to go to his farm, it now costs more than a million naira. If he wants to buy clothes, cream, or even flour from the companies, all are very costly.
So my humble appeal is this:
✅ If farm products must be cheaper, then let the inputs for farming also be cheaper.
✅ Let the government consider reducing the prices of fuel, fertilizers, agrochemicals, building materials, and company products too.
✅ When everything comes down together, the farmer can sell at a fair price, feed his family, repay loans, and still live a decent life.
We in Northern Nigeria produce much of the nation’s food. We are also children of the Federal Government. We are not against reducing food prices. In fact, it is a welcome idea. But for it to succeed and for farmers to survive, all other things must also come down.
This message is not for violence or attack. It is simply a call for fairness, so that both the far
