The Federal Government at just concluded 139th meeting of the National Economic Council held virtually and chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima has disclosed its plan to meet with Dangote, Indorama, Notore and other producers of fertilizer. According to a statement titled NEC Outlines Initiative to ensure Food Security, Affordability released by Stanley Nkwocha, Senior…
In yet another strong move to reject the ongoing saga of establishing a Ruga settlement in Uzo-Uwani community of Enugu State, a body, made up of professionals who hail from Nimbo community called the Uzo-Uwani Professionals Association (UZPA) has expressed its strong opposition to the proposed ranch project in Nimbo community, Enugu State. A statement…
Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra state has reacted to allegations he used the palliative funds for Anambra State for the procurement and distribution of 800 tractors to farmers in the state. The governor said the report was entirely false and lacking in merit. In a statement by Soludo’s Chief Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, the governor…
.. LAMENTS HIGH COST OF FOOD ITEMS Worried by unprecedented high cost of food items in the state and obvious lack of interest in agriculture and farming by teachers and students, the Imo State House Of Assembly has cried out to the State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma to immediately intervene, by ensuring that Agriculture is…
(First published in the Vanguard Newspaper of February 21, 2024) I READ with great delight the statement credited to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his vision for food self-sufficiency. On February 12, 2024, The Punch reported the intention of the President to make Nigeria a major food exporter through aggressive mechanised farming. I have been…
‘Heavens help those who help themselves’, that appears to be the advice of the United States to the government of Nigeria on agriculture. This can be deduced from the statement made by David Greene, US Charge dAffaires in Nigeria, recently. He said, We know that agriculture in Nigeria has lots of incredible potential. The US…
Kashim Shettima, Vice President at the inaugural meeting of the National Council on Privatization (NCP), revealed Federal Governments plan to recapitalize and restructure the Bank of Agriculture, BOA. Shettima while speaking at the event emphasized the critical role that the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) plays in guaranteeing food security for the country. He emphasized the…
The federal government is working on the supposition that the current acute food supply in the country, which has heightened the hike in the price of food items, is brought about by the penchant for smuggling of food items by some Nigerians. This was stated by Vice President Kashim Shettima at a conference in Abuja,…
The Zamfara State government has stated its readiness to enter into a partnership with the government of Sweden in furtherance of its efforts to improve agriculture and mining among other ways of boosting the economy of the state. Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State, North-West, Nigeria, made the promise in Abuja recently during a courtesy…
By the time he started out as a farmer he was sufficiently interested and learned about the art of farming that it would be wrong to say he went in out of sheer necessity or because he had no options. Yes, he took up a job on a farm when it was becoming difficult to…
