Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa says investing in agriculture will create sustainable economy for the people, urging the teeming youth to venture into farming business.
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Governor Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi has promised to improve on the economy, agriculture and education in the state.
Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, says the Federal Government is committed to making the country an agriculture export hub.
The Central Bank of Nigeria says it is directly involved in financing agriculture, infrastructure and Micro Small and Medium Enterprises to ensure real growth in the economy.
The National Bureau of Statistics said the agriculture sector of the economy measured bybGross Domestic Product grew by 18.58 per cent year-on-year in nominal terms in fourth quarter of 2018.
The House passed the resolution on Tuesday following the presentation of the report of Joint Committees on Finance and Agriculture.
Uzodinma said that this innovative thought-out plan, among others, had particularly propelled his ambition to serve the people of the state as their governor come 2019.
Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, has called for an urgent campaign against the use of pesticide to store agricultural produces for local consumption and exportation.
The Federal Government has approved N60 billion in support of its rice subsidy programme aimed at bringing down the price of the commodity across the country.
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has applauded the present administration’s stride at diversifying the monolithic economy of Nigeria with agriculture.
A Director at NAQS, Dr Maimuna Abdullahi, disclosed this on Monday in Kano at a One-Day sensitization workshop on Good Agricultural practice.
The Commissioner for Agriculture, Mechanisation, Processing and Export, Afam Mbanefo, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Awka.
Obiano made the disclosure at the inauguration of the 2018 farming season and distribution of farm inputs, cheques, motorcycles and some farm implements to farmers at Atani in Ogbaru Local Government Area.
Ogbeh made the remark on Monday in Gombe during a courtesy visit to the Deputy Governor of Gombe State.
The president stated this in Auyo, Jigawa State, at an event to mark the commencement of the rehabilitation and expansion of the 6,000-hectare Hadejia Valley irrigation project, on Monday.
Fashola gave the commendation in Birnin Kebbi on Tuesday when he paid Bagudu a courtesy visit while on an inspection visit of federal roads in the state.
A source at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development told the News Agency of Nigeria that the event was called off because President Muhammadu Buhari would not be attending the event due to a more pressing official duty.
The Managing Director/CEO of SunTrust Bank Nigeria Limited, Muhammad Jibrin, and the Chief Executive of Bank of Agriculture, Kabiru Adamu, signed for their respective banks during the event, which they said would aid agric processes as employment generating venture.
Anbua speaking with newsmen in Makurdi on Friday said that many farmers were still unable to return to their farms after the clashes between them and herdsmen.
She gave this advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria at the sideline of the ongoing 40th National Council on Establishment meeting in Owerri on Friday.