Nigerians on social media have reacted to the viral news report of a farmer in Gombe State who revealed he earns N7 million annually from growing tomatoes and pepper. The farmer identified as Saleh Maikudi is a farmer from the Bula community in the Akko Local Government Area of the State. He told NAN in an interview that he is a millionaire from growing vegetables while noting that his investment is yielding good returns.
Maikudi said he spent over N1.5 million on 30 hectares of farmland which he cultivated in 2023.
“In 2023, I made N7 million from cultivating tomato and pepper.
“I only spent N1.5 million as the total cost of preparing and planting the vegetables.
“I cultivated tomato, bell pepper (Tatashe), chilli pepper, Cayenne pepper (shombo) and Scotch bonnet (hot pepper) on my farmland.”
Maikudi, who is also the chairman of Vegetables Farmers’ Association in the community, said he cultivated 30 hectares of the vegetables annually.
He said that it took 10 weeks after cultivating the vegetables to start harvesting the commodities for another period of 10 weeks.
The farmer said in the wet season, farmers had started harvesting and off-takers had been coming to their community to buy the commodities for supply to various states of the country.
He said the year’s rainfall, which he described as moderate, was good enough for his vegetables to grow and that his tomato and pepper did well.
“If the market is good this year, I am expecting nothing less than N10 million because my vegetables did well.’’
His interview has generated some reactions on social media since it was reproduced by other platforms..…For More READ THE FULL STORY▶▶
That 583k naira every month is CRAZY
I could choose Agric as career instead of doctor 🏥
— Dr Iszzy 🍍 (@iszzyiniho1) August 26, 2024
That’s even a low annual gross income when it comes to tomatoes and pepper these days.
— Gidi 🌾🐂🚜 (@GidiDanAuta) August 27, 2024
E Dey like time for me to leave city go back village go Dey follow do this work be this
— GYNO R🅰️ZZ 🌴🕊🇳🇬 (@GynoRazz07) August 26, 2024
That’s honest money
— Gene (@eugeneohu) August 26, 2024
I loe hardwork
That’s how money is being made.
Congratulations legend
More are coming your way
— 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 💰 (@Coachbenjamin_) August 26, 2024
7m annually good but dats small money oh , Rent 500k, feeding @ 150k per month 1.8m call it 2m, kids fees average 500k a year,home matainance 500k a year, Clothing 4 self and family 200k per year, transportation 300k per year, savings for project 2m per year, 1m left emergencies
— Kalita Igbe Aruku (Baba K) (@BabaKNaija) August 26, 2024
