Group Requests To Assist FG In Managing The Distribution Of Handsets To Farmers

Even as many Nigerians are against the move by the Federal Government to distribute mobile phones to farmers, the National Association of Cooperative Credit Unions of Nigeria (NACCUN) has requested to partner with the Federal Government to manage the mobile telephone handsets to be distributed to farmers in Nigeria.
Mr Adebola Orolugbagbe, president of the group, made this known at the first stakeholders’ meeting, in Abuja, on Thursday. According to him, “We made a request to government through the Ministry of Agriculture to allow us to join and manage the mobile telephone handsets being organised for distribution to cooperative farmers in Nigeria.
“We do not intend to participate in the procurement of the handsets, but all that we seek is that the co-operative movement, through NACCUN consulting, is allowed to provide SIM cards for all the four networks… This will be done through the cooperative mobile telephony service that is already in operation to all our farmers,” he said.
Orolugbagbe said the development would help the movement to look after its members and ensure they benefited from the programmes of the government. He said the existing service would provide the farmers with voice service on a platform that would enable them to speak with one another and network appropriately.