Alhaji Aminu Goronyo, the National President of RIFAN, said this during a meeting with the Rice Processors Association of Nigeria and the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, in Abuja on Wednesday
Browsing: Audu Ogbeh
Addressing journalists in Abuja on Monday, Ogbeh dismissed the criticisms of the policy, saying the effort was in the best interest of the nation’s economy.
Agric minister made this known at the maiden edition of the 2017 First Bank Agric Expo in Lagos
This was made known by the Agriculture Minister at a forum of the News Agency of Nigeria
The minister reiterated this position on Monday in Umuahia, Abia State at the second town hall meeting for the South East and the launch of national reorientation campaign, “Change Begins With Me.”
Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, gave the commendation when members of the Tractors Owners and Operators Association of Nigeria visited him in Abuja on Friday
Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said this in Abuja on Thursday at the 2017 Strategy Retreat organised for the ministry’s director by Synergos in collaboration with the ministry
Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, gave the warning at a National Consultative meeting with state Commissioners for Agriculture in Abuja on Tuesday
The minister said this at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to guarantee Nigeria’s hosting of the 2018 ApiExpo (bee-keeping) in Abuja on Tuesday
The Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at a town hall meeting organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture
It is our strong belief that rice can be produced yearly in this location
According to the minister, the country’s food import bill has further declined from N1.1 trillion in 2009 to N684 billion in 2013.
Ogbeh said: “Nigeria has huge agricultural potentials with 11 million hectares of arable land but only cultivates 40 per cent; 263 billion cubic metres of water with two of the largest rivers in Africa
This was revealed by the Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh
He said that the Federal Government would enhance and strengthen the Bank of Agriculture to allow farmers access to credit facilities at 5 to 6 per cent interest rate.
Ogbeh expressed fear that the current hunger in the country would further be exacerbated if the alert from Niger was not taken seriously and measures put in place to stop their entry
NAN reports that RUFIN is a programme sponsored by the International Fund for Agricultural Development in collaboration with the Federal Government
Ogbeh said this at a Town Hall Meeting and Policy Dialogue for Good Governance organised by the Alumni Association of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies in Abuja
The minister said the cost of the Growth Enhancement Support scheme was much and the revenue of the country had become so low hence, government can no longer sustain the scheme
Ogbeh said the pest was discovered in South America in 1912, where it ravaged many farms before it spread to Europe and then to Asia and now to East and West Africa
He explained that the sector needed to be highly considered in the government’s commitment to diversify the economy in the wake of the dwindling oil revenues