A meal at Fadama farmers’ canteen, Bauchi refreshes

Rather than using the fine looking imported rice that has been stored for only God knows how long, or beans preserved by insecticides and imported frozen chicken and fish allegedly preserved with the same chemicals used for the embalmment of corpses to produce the meal, every food item – vegetables and ingredients -used at the […]

Rather than using the fine looking imported rice that has been stored for only God knows how long, or beans preserved by insecticides and imported frozen chicken and fish allegedly preserved with the same chemicals used for the embalmment of corpses to produce the meal, every food item – vegetables and ingredients -used at the restaurant is directly from the farms or the factories they are processed.
A senior Immigration officer serving in Katsina State command, Shehu Udah, who was in Bauchi for the wedding of one of his colleagues told this reporter in the restaurant that he enjoyed his meal because it was satisfying, adding, “you do not feel the usual unappetising odour that comes from long preserved grains.”
One of the female attendants who didn’t want her name in print said, “we get supply of all the vegetables we use here every morning. We do not use overnight vegetables here. Our fish comes direct from the farms. The rice we use here, the wheat and maize flour all come directly from the various processing industries owned by farmers in the state.
“Every food item we use here is fresh from the farms owned by the farmers that set up the place. You can see the patronage by members of the public. In the morning you can get masa in addition to the other meals. You also get suya and fresh milk from our cattle section in Kangere, Alkaleri Local Government Area,” she said.
One of the major Farmers and official of Fadama Farmers Association in the state, Alhaji Ahmed Haladu Barau Jama’are, said the restaurant has been serving as a good avenue for advertising the finished product of fresh food items, saying it also serves as a meeting point for farmers.