FAQs

A hiring agent is an investor per day (8am to 5pm) of operation. He invests and makes profit. A hiring agent invests 62,500 Naira at the end of the day with the growth revenue of 75,000 naira per day. If we deduct 62,500 naira from 75,000 naira, the hiring agent will make a profit of 12,500 naira over his investment per day.

Roles and Responsibility of a hiring agent

A hiring agent has to make upfront payment of 35,000 naira for a tractor, 10,000 naira for fuelling, 3,000 naira for servicing, 3,000 naira for minor repairs and 4,000 naira for transporting tractor from owner’s location to wherever he is taking the tractor to and then 7,000 naira to the operator of the tractor. If you add everything all these expenses it will amount to 62,000 naira which is the hiring agent’s investment per day.

The booking agent is an aggregator. The booking agent aggregates demands from farmers. The booking agent gets the farmer’s name, phone number if the farmer has, what operation the farmer need; ploughing, harrowing, ridging, etc? At what time does the farmer need such operation? And on how many hectares does the farmer wish to make use of the tractor? It is work of the booking agent to aggregate these demands at the end of the day and ascertain how many hectares and how many tractors are needed in a cluster. For example if a booking agent aggregates 210 hectares in a cluster and the booking agent says the farmers need ploughing operation. If you divide 210 hectares by 3 hectares (which is the number of hectare a tractor does a day), you see it will give us 70 tractors which means we need 70 tractors for these 210 hectares in a day and the booking agent may the operation is need to be done in seven days; dividing that 70 tractors by 7 will give us 10 tractors, so 10 tractors will be deployed in that cluster to work for 7 days. If the farmers request for the job to be completed in ten days we will divide the 70 tractors by 10 days which will give us 7 tractors to deploy. The booking agent as an aggregator is entailed to ten percent (10%) commission of whatever the tractor has generated. With the gross revenue of a tractor by day being 75,000 naira, a booking agent is entailed to ten (10) percent of the aggregated jobs he brought to TOHFAN making the booking agent entailed to be 7,500 naira per day.

• A tractor normally does three hectares per day for ploughing at the rate of 25,000 naira per hectare which equates to 75,000 naira a day.
• A tractor normally does six hectares per day for harrowing at the rate of 12,500 per hectare which equates to 75,000 naira.
• A tractor normally does six hectares per day for ridging at the rate of 12,500 per hectare which equates to 75,000 naira.

Guideline for Tractor Mechanic

As a member of the association the tractor mechanic shall abide by the following regulations:

• Pay membership due, buy uniform and obtain ID card from the association after paying N1,000
• Attend orientation training for one week
• Undergo training for repair of tractor where a new tractor is disbursed to tractor owners
• Work closely with the operator
• Possess a complete tool box
• Must be ready to go to the field at the right time
• Attend meetings regularly
• Carry out necessary repair on the tractor within 48 hours after the operator has made a report.

Guidelines for Tractor Operator

As a member of the association the tractor operator shall abide by following regulations:

• Must be trained as a tractor operator
• Must be licensed to work as a tractor operator
• Must be a member of the union of tractor operators
• Must be under supervision of the union for at least 6 months before he becomes a permanent member.
• Ensure that original engine oil and filters are used for servicing the tractor
• Ensure that the tractor is not operated with less than 10 litres of fuel in the tank
• Ensure prompt payment within 24 hours for any repair work done by the mechanic on the tractor
• Ensure farmers’ satisfaction with the work done
• Contact the mechanic within 24 hours when there is a fault with the tractor

Registration Procedure for Tractor Hiring/Booking Agent

A Tractor Hiring Agent is expected to register with the association. The registration process is as follows:

• An intending tractor hiring agent will obtain a registration form at the State or Head Office of the association after paying a non-refundable fee of N 2,000.
• The registration form will be completed by the individual and submitted at the head office for assessment.
• About two weeks after the submission of completed form the executive members of the association will assess the form based on the information provided and decide whether the intending member is eligible for membership or not
• Where the outcome of the assessment is successful the intending member will be given a copy of the regulations for tractor hiring agent to study and to indicate readiness to comply.

Registration Procedure for the Tractor Operator

The tractor operator shall register with the association. The registration process is as follows:

• An intending tractor operator will obtain a registration form at the State or Head Office of the association after paying a non-refundable fee of N 2,000.
• The registration form will be completed by the individual and submitted at the head office for assessment
• About two weeks after the submission of completed form the executive members of the association will assess the form based on the information provided and decide whether the intending member is eligible for membership or not.

Where the outcome of the assessment is successful the intending member will be given a copy of the regulations for tractor operator to study and to indicate readiness to comply.

Registration Procedure for Tractor Mechanic

The tractor mechanic shall register with the association. The registration process is as follows:

• An intending tractor operator will obtain a registration form at the State or Head Office of the association after paying a non-refundable fee of N 2,000.
• The registration form will be completed by the individual and submitted at the head office for assessment.
• About two weeks after the submission of completed form the executive members of the association will assess the form based on the information provided and decide whether the intending member is eligible for membership or not
• Where the outcome of the assessment is successful the intending member will be given a copy of the regulations for tractor mechanic to study and to indicate readiness to comply

Paul Adekunle (South West, South East, South South) – 08133884165  

Bashir Aliyu (North West, North East, North Central) – 08091212061