President Muhammadu Buhari aired on Thursday that his administration won't be keen on oil alone, but as a matter of fact, taking Agriculture as a serious business.
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development Alhaji Umar Farouk, who spoke on behalf of the president in Calabar, added that the government will be supporting the private sector agriculture chain.
Buhari said this while declaring open the 55th Annual General Meeting of Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA).
Meanwhile, the new president of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Nigeria’s former minister of agriculture, Mr. Akinwunmi Adesina has vowed to eradicate poverty in Africa through infrastructural development, job creation, regional integration and development of agriculture at the rural level.
“Agriculture must cease from being treated as development program; Agriculture must be treated as business.”
“Our goal will be to pursue government supported private sector agriculture value chain to make agriculture more productive, efficient and competitive.
Buhari noted that Nigeria had the richest agriculture based mineral resources in Africa which means it does not need to import agricultural produce if the right investments are made.“To provide enough food for domestic supply and create jobs through agriculture value chain,” Buhari said.
Meanwhile, the new president of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Nigeria’s former minister of agriculture, Mr. Akinwunmi Adesina has vowed to eradicate poverty in Africa through infrastructural development, job creation, regional integration and development of agriculture at the rural level.
I agree with this man,,we hv rich mineral resources untap due to bad govt...well,,we pray u succeed on ur agenda for the nation..
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ReplyDeleteI support that one, d focus on oil is one major problem of Nigeria, I could remember type of cash crops in primary school, now groundnut,cocoa, rubber etc re no longer exported, Ethiopian means of survival today is through their coffee export, no b crudeoil
ReplyDeleteWe rili need to diversify our economy. Let's hope our presido puts his understanding of farming to good use in bettering our agricultural lots. Hmmm! "Uwaifo don talk e own o".
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