The Niger State Government has expressed willingness to pilot the Federal Government’s planned 500,000 hectares of agricultural production programme announced by President Bola Tinubu in his New Year message. The state governor, Mohammed Umar Bago, made this disclosure shortly after a meeting with President Tinubu in Abuja. He explained that currently, Niger is the leading state in terms of the food security initiative of the President, noting that it has started the implementation of a total of 250,000 hectares of dry season farming. On the purpose of the visit, the governor said: “We have al…