Alhaji Sabo Nanono, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, disclosed this on Tuesday at a Webinar on Nigeria Dairy Industry.
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The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Sabo Nanono, made this disclosure during a courtesy visit by the Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleman Adamu, and his team.
According to a statement by Hassan Musa-Fagge, the Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor of Kano State, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Sabo Nanono, disclosed this on Friday during a General Assembly of Farmers organised by the All Farmers Association of Nigeria in Kano.
Nanono at a webinar organised by Winrock International to inaugurate the USAID funded ‘Feed the Future Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services Activity,’ said that the Federal Government was determined to reposition the agric sector.
The Permanent Secretary said this in his reaction to the query issued to him by the Federal Government through the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Alwan Hassan as Acting Managing Director, Bank of Agriculture.
The Federal Government has begun the release of 70,000 metric tonnes of assorted food items to vulnerable Nigerians as part of efforts to cushion the effect of the lockdown in some states.
The Minister of Agriculture, Sabo Nanono, has commended the agro-industrialisation initiative of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State.
Nanono said: “l am going to engage with them on this; we are going to discuss this and l am going to be thorough on it because l know this business.”
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Sabo Nanono, disclosed this when he addressed State House correspondents on the outcome of the meeting of the Council, chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari
The Chairman of the committee, Hon. Wole Oke, made the announcement during an investigative public hearing into the presentation of audit reports
The minister made this known while receiving a delegation from the National Fish Association of Nigeria led by its National President, Dr. Gabriel Ogunsanya, in Abuja on Tuesday
The Federal Government on Sunday says it has adopted modalities to review concession of silos leased to private firms in the country.
Nanono hinted this in a statement issued on his behalf by Theodore Ogaziechi, the Director of Information in the ministry.
The programme, which is estimated at $1.1 billion, is to be funded by the Brazilian Government through a loan from the Deutsche Bank, Development Bank of Brazil and Islamic Development Bank.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, while inaugurating the committee on Monday in Abuja, said the project was aimed at developing some agricultural commodities in nine states in the Niger Delta.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Malam Sabo Nanono, said the Bank of Agriculture was still in distress because no concrete effort was made to recapitalise it in spite of pronouncements in the past.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, says Federal Government’s closure of the Nigerian border does not in any way breach the free trade agreement in the West African sub-region.
The Federal Government on Tuesday launched 129.17 million US dollars (N46.83 billion) agric scheme to enhance food security and income generation in the country.
While directing all staff to be on their toes working, he said, “ I have worked in the public and private sectors and I know how people work in the two sectors’’.