The Abia State Government has assured residents of the government’s commitment to reviving all abandoned farm settlements in the state for increased food production. Engr. Ikechukwu Emetu, the state deputy governor, gave the assurance during an inspection tour of Ukwa Nkporo Palm oil Plantation on Saturday, where he decried the lack of attention by the…
Farmers in Nasarawa, Plateau, Kaduna and Federal Capital Territory, have recorded a huge loss of N12bn following the outbreak of blight, a fungi disease also known as ginger tuber rot disease which affects mainly underground tubers. This was confirmed by the Minister of State Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security Sabi Abdullah on Monday…
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The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari has said that the persistent food insecurity in the country reached its peak when traders and citizens decided to hoard food commodities while creating man-made scarcity. Kyari disclosed this in Abuja at a special Ramadan lecture/Iftar organised by the Special Assistant to the President on Agriculture…
Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has been commended by the World Bank over his numerous developmental strides in the areas of water and agriculture, particularly livestock farming, stressing that the governor’s efforts at transforming the state would help in up-scaling its agricultural productivity. The commendation was made on Wednesday by the National Coordinator of…
The management of Fast Microfinance Bank Limited says it has so far disbursed N7,799,094,397 billion to customers, mainly farmers, traders and artisans in the last seven years in Edo State. It added that a total N841,912,694 million loan out of N7.8 billion disbursed was granted to farmers, traders and artisans in the same period in…
The Abia State Government has disclosed that it is poised to create the enabling environment to empower farmers to produce more food, process their farm produce, create jobs and value addition to realize more revenue for the AGRO produce in every locality. Speaking at the flag-off of Abia North Senatorial zone farming season in Bende…
Despite the persisting food insecurity in the country, the erstwhile Presidential Aide on National Assembly Matters, Senator Ita Enang, has said that over 65 per cent of the Ministry of Agriculture’s budget is not linked to improving food security. Enang alleged that President Tinubu signed the 2024 budget in a rush without being advised by…
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party Peter Obi on Friday, lamented the deaths of students of Nasarawa State University, following a stampede at the sharing of food palliatives. Recall that the state governor, Abdullahi Sule had promised to distribute rice to all students in the state to ameliorate the current economic situation in the…
Igbajo town in Osun state will soon become the new agricultural hub of Osun state. That is the wish of the new Owa of Igbajo, Dr. Ademola Stephen Kayode Makinde. He was speaking at the official ceremony of the presentation of staff of office to him by Governor Ademola Adeleke at his palace in Igbajo….
