Farmers Abandon Food Crops For Cannabis – NDLEA

[Shola Sholaz]

Most Nigerian farmers now abandon growing food and economic crops for cannabis in a bid to become instant millionaires , the country's anti-narcotics agency said Saturday.
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In a statement, Ahmadu Giade, the chairman of the Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), said: "It is sad and disturbing that most farmers are now abandoning food and economic crops for cannabis."
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Last year, the NDLEA arrested 8,052 suspected drug traffickers, including 542 women, it said.
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The NDLEA boss said that more than 1,400 hectares of land was used last year for cannabis plantation.
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"This 1,404.27 hectares of land could have changed the fortunes of our agricultural sector if properly utilised," he stated.
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The agency seized drugs worth 33 billion naira ($208 million/ 152 million euros) last year and prosecuted 1,720 suspects, it stated. It did not say how many suspects the agency convicted.

[EbukaOkafor14]

This goes tells us how Agriculture has been abandoned in this country. Everyone is doing something else