Farmers along the Maiduguri-Damboa-Biu Road on the outskirts of Maiduguri, Borno State capital, on Thursday, appealed to the military for an upward review of the time allowed for them to work on their farms.
The farmers stated that the 11am to 4pm time frame allowed for them should be expanded.
One of the farmers, Abdullahi, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri, said, “Security personnel issue passes to a limited number of farmers daily and without the pass, no farmer can access his or her farm.
“What we want is for more farmers to be allowed and for the time frame to be expanded so that farmers can go to farms between 8am and 6pm.’’
Another farmer, Malam Modu, said, “We are told to vacate the farms by 4pm but I wonder how sometimes some herdsmen are left behind to graze cattle on our crops.
“When there is a restriction on farming activities, grazing should be restricted also; there should be no scared cow.’’
Some of the farmers noted that on another route, the Maiduguri-Damaturu Road, military personnel allowed farming to begin at 7am and should apply the same to the Maiduguri-Biu route.
They urged for regular meetings between security personnel and farmers to reach a common ground.
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