Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has launched a strategic action plan for the State, designed to ensure food security, and fight poverty and malnutrition, especially among children and women. In doing this it has decided to collaborate with the relevant stakeholders.The Governor, who stated this in Calabar in the company of Peter Odey,…
As the world marks International Workers’ Day, the Japanese Tobacco International, JTI Nigeria says its objective is to be a certified employer of choice every year in its 60 locations. This it promises to achieve through screwd talent management, rewards for innovative and good service as well as empowerment. This objective is in tandem with…
The African Development Bank (AfDB), the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and the Ministry of Finance have expressed readiness to partner with the Enugu State Government on the development of Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SPAZ) in the state. The Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, who was represented by Dr Akande Oyetola of the African…
Nigeria is losing a staggering $70 million annually due to unregulated and illegal fishing practices, exacerbated by outdated fishing regulations. The Fisheries Cooperative Federation of Nigeria Limited (FCFNL) has, therefore, raised concerns over the country’s obsolete fishing laws, weak enforcement, and underfunding of the Federal Department of Fisheries. According to Muhammad Laminu, National President of…
In an effort to revive the country’s oil palm sub-sector, the Minister of State, for Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS) Sen. Aliyu Abdullahi on Wednesday announced the ministry’s readiness to partner with the Republic of Indonesia. The call was made when the Vice Minister Foreign Affairs, Republic of Indonesia, Mr Pahala Mansury met with the…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has vowed to revamp the water infrastructure across the country. This is just as the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Engr Joseph Utsev stated that the current output of dams cannot cater for the usage of the local communities. Utsev, while inspecting dams in Osun State; Ile-Ife and Ilesa…
The sleepy town of Ado Odo, in the Ado Odo Ota local government area of Ogun State has an attraction to those who have an eye for wealth. The town is blessed with black clay, the raw material used to produce tiles. A fresh layer of this black clay has been discovered at the Iloro…
Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has disclosed that his government will open up many rural roads to enable rural farmers to evacuate their farm yields to urban centres and general markets.He also added that his administration is committed to return the renowned Okuku market in Yala local government area of the state to…
There are indications that state governments are beginning to take proactive measures towards enrolling in the global effort to fight deforestation in the country. That will also be some cheerful news to farmers who will not face limitations as to where to market their products in the international market. This effort appears to be a…
Wale Edun, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy has disclosed that the federal government has set aside N200 billion to tackle food insecurity in the country, noting that the amount would help bring down food prices and inflation. Edun said that with 30 per cent of the world affected by the problem…
