 Nigerian women farmers under the ages of small-scale women farmers of Nigeria so often are calling on the federal government to extend support to them as part of palliative measures from the President Bola Ahmed Tini Boagenda to mitigate against the effect of subsidy removal on their means of livelihood. The call was made in Abuja during the Group National Advocacy Forum organized by small-scale women farmers of Nigeria in collaboration with Action 8 Nigeria, where election was conducted to usher in new executives that will oversee the activities of the group for the coming years. The group lamented the negative effect the federal government's decision to remove fuel subsidy has had on Nigerian farmers, especially in the area of high cost of transportation and its effects, also on the prices of products or produce in the market. However, the Minister of State Agriculture represented at the event promised to provide palliatives for the women as well as insured that women farmers in the country are adequately empowered. Any other thing that you have, is that talking about religion or the zone where you come from, should you put aside what you want and is going to be a team of women. We want to see so-called developing, not growing, it has already grown, but we want to see it work, developing. We need to have prayers and I want to assure the Minister that we have been getting support. So far in general, we have been getting support and we are praying that this support that we have been given as is going to continue, I don't even have any doubt whatsoever. We are yet to receive our own palliative as small women farmers and the agreed centre. In the planning of the decision to push behind into farmers, it should be in front of the future so that we can quickly... Our external services to the ADP, that is agriculture and environmental projects, are tailored towards building the capacity of grassroots women in agriculture. I am also aware that FCT and the Association has a policy to promote gender inclusiveness, which ensures that at least 40% of women are accommodated in all its agricultural empowerment programmes. In my capacity as Minister of State and a woman, I will continue to advocate for greater support for women and agriculture, not just in agriculture but in the country at large. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.