Buhari gave the directive in a broadcast to mark Nigeria’s 61st Independence Anniversary on Friday in Abuja.
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The Director of Information in the Ministry, Theodore Ogaziechi, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.
Ezeaja Ikemefuna, the Chief Information Officer, FMARD disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja.
The Federal Government has appealed to farmers and traders to stop the indiscriminate use of agrochemicals on food commodities due to adverse effect health and the country’s economy.
He said: “We are here to sentisise army officers and create awareness for them to see agriculture as a business and to strengthen the resolve of those in crops, aquaculture and animal husbandry.
Funke Omagbemi, the state Director, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Akure.
He further said that the issue of associations allegedly submitting names of ‘ghost; farmers was totally unacceptable and that was one of the reasons the data bank needed to be revalidated