Nigeria has secured a major breakthrough in its non-oil export drive as Niger State Governor Mohammed Bago announced a $100 million livestock offtake agreement with the Saudi Export and Import Bank to supply meat and related products to the Middle East. Bago, who made the disclosure at the First Bank Agric and Export Expo 2025…
From the moment he was sworn into office he has remained focused on the determination to make agriculture the cash cow in his state. Governor Mohammad Umaru Bago of Niger State, who gave himself the moniker ‘Farmer Governor’, has once again made known his resolve to ensure that agriculture takes its place as the leading source of…
…RENAMES MINNA AIRPORT AFTER TINUBU. Minna, capital of Niger State played host to two major events on Monday, for which Governor Umar Bago succeeded in getting President Bola Tinubu to feature prominently. The first has to do with the inauguration of the Minna agro-processing zone covering a space of about 2,000 hectares. And according to…
Mohammed Umaru Bago, Niger State Governor has disclosed that the only way to address insecurity and ensure sustainable development in the northern part of Nigeria is a return to agriculture. Governor Bago who has the official title of Farmer Governor stated this at the 10th edition of the Annual Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Lecture held…
The federal government is not alone in the race for improved production of food in 2024. It has the support of state governments who have shown considerable pursuance of the goal towards the production of food items with a purpose to making same available at affordable rates. One of such state is Niger State. Governor…
