On Friday, 12th March 2009, NICA Global Resources flagged Off the Tractor Hiring Scheme in Katsina State. The Flag-off saw the Katsina state mechanized farmers cooperative apex take delivery of the first batch of 27 Tractors and Implements from NICA Global Resources. A total of 100 Tractors and 4 sets of Implements each are due to the Cooperative body.

Present at the occasion was the Deputy Governor of Katsina State, Alhaji Bar. Sirajo Umar Damari, representing the Governor of the state, His Excellency Alhaji Ibrahim Shema.

In his speech, the Deputy Governor expressed their appreciation to the Federal Government and NICA Global Resources, and recommended that other States should follow suit. He opined that the flag-off was a step in the right direction and expressed optimism that the scheme will open new opportunities by way of job provisioning, economic empowerment and increased food security for the State.

In his Speech, the MD of NICA Global Resources, Mr Ahmed Adekunle reminded the audience that the scheme was another fruitful product of the Public private Partnership business model actively being engaged in by the current government. He called on all Nigerians to see this as a direct victory for the agricultural sector, admonishing all stakeholders to put their best foot forward in attending to their roles and responsibility in the implementation of the scheme with integrity, hard work, focus and financial discipline.

NICA Global Resources is one of the Sixteen (16) pioneering vendors considered for participation and the implementation of the first phase of the Tractor Hiring Service Delivery (THSD) programme. The THSD Program is a Public Private Partnership based arrangement that sees the Government partnering with the private sector to provide agricultural equipments (Tractor + Implements) to cooperative farmer groups on a lease arrangement. These Cooperative farmer groups will then hire these tractors and implements out to their members, smaller farmer units and individual farmers in the vicinity of the benefiting cooperatives.