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Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State , has said that it is high time for Nigeria to go back to farming to sustain itself, saying a time would come when the nation would be left with no other option than agriculture. Aregbesola said this while inspecting 40 acres of farmland owned by the state in […]
The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brig Gen Paul Boroh has stated that beneficiaries of the Amnesty programme undergoing various agricultural trainings are being groomed to take over the agro-allied sector of the Niger Delta economy. Boroh, represented by a staff of the Post Training and […]
The Coordinator of Nigeria’s foremost Broiler Out-grower scheme, ‘natnuPreneur’, Mr. Gbolade Adewole has affirmed the commitment of the scheme, to help boost supply of high quality locally bred chicken for consumption, and making quality chicken available and affordable. The natnuPreneur scheme is a broiler chicken outgrower scheme exclusive to natnudO foods, a subsidiary of Amo […]
A Member of the Osun State House of Assembly, representing Obokun State Constituency, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye has distributed farm inputs, and other empowerment materials to farmers and some other residents of his constituency. About 1,000 people including, 125 farmers, 65 widows, 83 senior citizens, and 486 vulnerable individuals, benefited from the initiative.Some of the materials distributed […]
The Lagos State government has reiterated commitment towards attainment of food security and hygienic environment, noting that the two areas occupy the front burner with the present administration, towards wealth creation, as well as reduce poverty. In a statement, signed by Assistant Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Tunbosun Ogunbanwo, who quoted the […]
Few weeks ago in Kebbi State, there was dramatic accusation and denial between Senator Adamu Aliero and Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State on the one hand and ministers of agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh and Finance, Kemi Adeosun on other about importation of over 300 metric tonnes of maize. While both the ministers of […]
In a bid to boost food security, the Osun State government, in partnership with the World Bank has trained over 300 youths across the state on the FADAMA III programme. Tagged FADAMA III AF Graduate Unemployed Youth and Women Support (FADAMA GUYS), the programme was designed to educate the youths on both theory and practical […]
Nigeria’s first private commodities exchange AFEX,licensed in 2014 by the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) has said its goal is to make a direct impact on the livelihood of one million Nigerian farmers by the end of the year 2020. In a statement to Leadership yesterday, it stated that it was licenced by the SEC […]
The Federal Government has been making efforts to diversify the country’s economy away from oil and gas as the sole foreign exchange earner. Government’s attention has since shifted to agriculture and solid minerals as the alternatives. In this interview, the Managing Director/CEO, NEXIM Bank, Abba Bello, said apart from its primary mandate as a development […]
State of Osun Cocoa Board has flagged-off the distribution of subsidised agro-chemicals to cocoa farmers in the state, with a view to increasing their crops. Flagging-off the distribution of the chemical at the Cocoa Board room, State Secretariat, Abere on Tuesday, the Chairman, Osun Produce Board (OPD) in the state, Dr Yemi Adegoke said the […]
The Minister of State for Environment, Ibrahim Usman Jibril, yesterday in Calabar officially handed over three boxes containing 145 assorted snakes to authorities of the University of Uyo (UNIUYO) in Akwa Ibom State. The presentation took place at the premises of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in the presence of officials of […]
Baba Berthe is the President, African Cotton Association (ACA), as well as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Malian Company for the Development of Textiles. In this interview, he speaks about the difficulties of cotton production in Africa and the preparations of ACA to host its annual conference in Nigeria next year. Excerpts: There are […]
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts on Thursday in Abuja placed two officials of the Bank of Agriculture in National Assembly custody for failure of the bank’s Managing Director, Kabir Adamu, to appear before it. The staff that were detained are: Emmanuel Ameh, the Executive Director, Regional Banking, Bank of Agriculture and the […]
The Minister Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman H. Adamu, FNSE has said that Ile Ife Dam which is one of the 116 projects inherited by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources is a top priority project to be completed by the ministry. The minister disclosed this on Wednesday 16th August, 2017 when he visited the project […]
Nigeria relies heavily on dairy imports to bridge the gap between local milk production and total milk consumption estimated to be 1.3 million tonnes with the government spending an estimated $1.3billion annually on importation of dairy products into the country. According to National Agricultural Sample Survey, 2011, Nigeria as a country, is endowed with an […]