The stakeholders, in a statement signed by their spokesperson, Alhaji Bala Abdulkadir, said food scarcity is imminent in the country, considering the rising onslaught of herdsmen and militants disrupting activities of farmers.
He stated that enumerated facts are the major reasons agricultural business could not accommodate multiple taxes, adding that agricultural business cannot survive with multiple taxes which has been introduced by some state governments. The stakeholders also bemoaned various levies like environmental levies and gaseous emission by ministry of environment, which amounts to more burdens on the farmers.