UBA Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, recently hosted the less privileged during the 2023 edition of its annual Food Bank initiative. This came at a time there was a loud complaint about hunger in the country. And without interventions like that of the bank, many would have…
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OBA–Agbodegba, please help me tell all the Bales that there is fire on the mountain, if what I saw and heard yesterday were anything to go by, I think there is urgent need to have a meeting with Bales. AGBODEGBA– But what are those things you saw and heard that is making you fidget? After…
Some farmers in Ekiti State had returned to the farms after the Christmas break with the hope that they would go into the new year in some form of abundance. They had harvested cassava from their farms, and were about to ship their products to the market. They were happy that returns from the farm…
The Federal Government is leaving no stone unturned to bring about a radical increase in food production in the new year, as part of efforts to mitigate the projection that over 26 million Nigerians may be caught up in the hunger bracket in the new year. It is doing this through the Ministry of Agriculture…
Prof. Joseph Utsev, Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation has flagged off the 2023/24 dry season farming in Benue State. The Federal Government targeted 500,000 hectares irrigable land in 2024. The minister said that President Bola Tinubu had directed the ministry to ensure that the 500,000 hectares irrigable land was maximally put to use in…
The Federal Government has concluded its plans to revive the moribund Garri Processing Factory in Alapoti Village in the Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. According to a statement made available by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, the move was in recognition of the agricultural potential of the community, which…
the alarm raised by the Food And Agriculture Organisation, FAO over fears that the target of zero hunger by the year 2030 was becoming unrealizable even as the statistics of Nigerians in the hunger bracket keeps increasing, is not being held lightly by different groups in the country. Perhaps some of the non-government organizations and…
The Small Holder Women Farmers and Girls of Nigeria, SWOFON in conjunction with ActionAid Nigeria has called for the protection of the rights of women farmers in the country. SWOFON made the call in a street walk in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with support by ActionAid Nigeria to demand for their rights as…
There are indications that the current crisis in the livestock farming and production will ease in the new year. This follows the assurance by the federal government that it would double its effort to boost livestock production in the country. This commitment from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security was given by Dr. Ernest…
