He said this when he addressed newsmen after the committee’s meeting on Wednesday in Asaba, the state capital.
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The Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, disclosed this in Abuja at the fifth edition of the President Muhammadu Buhari Administration Scorecard 2015-2017 series.
The resignation was announced in a statement on Thursday by his Chief Press Secretary, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa-Kalla.
The Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Moses Numeh, gave the warning on Wednesday in Abakiliki during a one-day stakeholders’ workshop on Integrated Farming Project.
They made the call on Wednesday at the closing ceremony of a two-day workshop held at Alayande Teachers Resource Centre, Samonda in Ibadan.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that a bag of locally-produced rice (50kg), which hitherto sold for between N10,000 and N14,000 depending on the brand, is presently being sold at between N15,000 and N20,000.
The sum of N744 million has been approved by the Ebonyi State Government in the interim for distribution to farmers profiled in the agricultural programme of the State for the year 2018.