…Says no General Assembly of Farmers, election hold
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) has alleged that the wrangling in the association was being fueled by the Honourable Minister of Agriculture, Alhaji Mohammed Sabo Nanono even as it maintained that no General Assembly of Farmers or elections were conducted in accordance with AFAN constitution in Kano.
The Assistant National Publicity Secretary, AFAN, Mallam Salisu Mukhtar who made the position of the association on the matter known in a statement observed that the meeting in Kano between the 8th and 10th of April, 2021 was merely convened to celebrate the new 18-year old bride of the Honourable Minister of Agriculture, Alhaji Mohammed Sabo Nanono.
He further noted that “The recent gathering of some ill-informed farmers in Kano did not satisfy the dictates of the provision of AFAN constitution regarding the convening of the General Assembly of Farmers (GAF).”
Quoting the Article 8 of the AFAN Constitution, the Assistant National Publicity Secretary, AFAN said that the General Assembly of farmers shall be convened annually to ascertain the performance of the association, members of the Board of Trustees (BOT), members of the National Executive Council of the association, the Secretary, Treasurer and three other principal officers of each member association, Secretary, Treasurer and three other principal officers of each state and FCT branches of AFAN among others were all required to attend GAF.
“The presence of the HMA and the Deputy Governor of Kano State are not provided for in ARTICLE 8”, he added.
Mukhtar therefore warned that “Anyone who transacts AFAN business with Faruk Rabi’u Mudi and his group is at their own peril because they are lawless and their actions are persistently contemptuous to the suit they filed in the Federal High Court, Abuja.”
Photo: The Honourable Minister of Agriculture, Mohammed Sabo Nanono.
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