Afe Babalola University founder, Afe Babalola (SAN) has a message for President Bola Tinubu.

He said: “I am suggesting that local government areas should be empowered. Each local government should set up farming equipment for farmers to hire. They should also earmark large hectares of land for the farmers to farm.”

“When I was a councillor, in those days, local government funds used to come directly to them. We all know what has been happening to their money.”

“I think the current President Bola Tinubu should do all he can to ensure that local government allocation gets to them directly and not through the governors because the governors steal a lot.”

“No parent will send their children to school, some to masters and PhD level, only to come back and be asked to use cutlass to farm.”

“The best the government can do now to revive agriculture is to buy modern implements to encourage people to farm.”

“If local government funds get to them they will be able to buy tractors for the people to rent it.”