Agricultural Equipment Leasing Facility

Key facts

Area of work

Farming

LGA

Uyo

Status

Completed

Where

Ekpri Nsukara, Uyo LGA

Tractors

25

Leasing subsidy

50 per cent

Commissioned

29 April 2026, by Governor Umo Eno

Other facilities

Tractor sheds, administrative buildings, maintenance workshop, two low-bed trailers, fuel dump, access roads, storage

Ministry or agency

Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sufficiency

Commissioned

29 April 2026

Photos

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

About the project

The Ibom Agricultural Equipment Leasing Facility is a farm machinery yard at Ekpri Nsukara in Uyo Local Government Area. It was developed by the Akwa Ibom State Government through the Ministry of Agriculture.

Governor Pastor Umo Eno commissioned the facility on 29 April 2026. It is the first phase of the state's equipment leasing scheme, with further phases planned.

The yard holds 25 tractors with implements such as planters, harrows, ploughs and ridgers. It also has tractor sheds, administrative buildings, a maintenance workshop, two low-bed trailers for moving equipment, a fuel dump, access roads and storage.

Farmers can lease the machines instead of buying them, at a subsidy of about 50 per cent. Before the scheme, hiring a tractor to work one hectare cost about N150,000. The facility is meant to cut that cost, help farmers cultivate larger areas and turn farming into a mechanised business.

It is a key part of the agricultural revolution pillar of the ARISE Agenda, and is expected to raise food production in the state.

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