Mr Romanus Eze, Chairman, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) Enugu Chapter, has blamed the hike in prices of food stuffs to heavy taxation and inadequate preservative centres in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eze said in Enugu on Wednesday that farmers faced challenges of both legal and illegal tax payments in states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that lack of preservative centres in the states took lots of perishable produce out of the markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The chairman noted that farmers in Enugu State after overcoming the challenges of harvesting their produce face legal and illegal produce tax collections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to him, farmers in the state have been facing lots of challenges from the Local Government produce tax collectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThese people have been extorting money from farmers starting from the local to the urban markets and it is the end users of the commodity that pay for it\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He called on the Federal and State Governments to abolish some taxes on produce at the local council level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is the cost of farming, harvesting, produce tax and collection from security agents at check points that cost hike in prices of commodities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGood road network should not be overlooked as it helps the farmers evacuate their produce to the markets,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eze said that the country must provide preservative centres to sustain the efficacy of perishable goods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere is Modern Solar Power Preservative Mechanism that can be constructed at the Local Councils or cluster areas close to farmers,\u201d..<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eze regretted the effect of the sit-at-home project in the South East, on farm markets, and the region\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt affects the farmers because they always harvest their produce at the weekend with intention of taking it to the markets on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLosing Mondays which is the beginning of activities in the south east tells economically on the lives of the people,\u201d Eze said.<\/p>\n\n\n
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