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Public Servants have been urged to go into farming in line with the Federal Government’s diversification policy. The principal manager, Development Finance Office, Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), Port Harcourt Branch, Mrs Augustine Osuya, made the call during a sensitization outreach, organized for the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Port Harcourt recently.. […]
A Lagos lawmaker, Mr. Bisi Yusuff on Wednesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to show more commitment in tackling unemployment problem in the country by providing enabling environment for more people to go into large scale farming. Yusuff, the Chairman of the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Public Accounts (Local) told the newsmen that […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reaffirmed the determination of his government to ensure the growth of the country’s industry and agriculture, stressing: “it is only by growing our economy that we can solve the problems of our economy, principally youth unemployment.” According to the President, his government took over an administration that had already […]
An agriculturist and renowned practical farmer in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State, Luke Chukwu says the Federal Government was now coming to the right track by accepting agriculture as key to diversifying the ailing economy, and put it on the wheel of recovery from the raging economic recession. This is as he is […]
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has unveiled its agenda for this year’s international trade fair, with focus on charting the path of recovery in terms of industrialisation and sustainable growth. Indeed, the Organisers of the 2017 Lagos International Trade Fair (LITF), LCCI announced that this year’s fair, scheduled to hold from Friday […]
Kenya’s central-bank chief and the CEO of Nigeria’s investment authority discuss their nations’ growth prospects. Africa today is a continent with starkly contrasting growth stories. Kenya, with its diversified economy and relatively strong institutions, weathered the recent crash in commodities prices fairly well, while nations more dependent on oil and mining, such as Nigeria, took […]
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu has said that the diversification of Nigeria’s economy into agriculture and solid minerals are not enough to take the country out of recession. He therefore stated noted the need to deploy science and technology in an effective and efficient manner, adding that if the country embraces […]
The Jigawa State Government is eyeing a N5 billion loan under the Commercial Agriculture Credit Scheme of the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) to revolutionizing agriculture in the state. The state’s Commissioner of Information, Youth, Sport and Culture, Alhaji Bala Ibrahim who briefed journalists on the outcome of the state’s executive council meeting, explained that the […]
Abimbola Akosile looks at the efforts of rice production giant, Olam Nigeria, to enhance food security and local sufficiency in agricultural production, in a bid to help the country realise the global Sustainable Development Goals on hunger and poverty, among others Nigeria, which is in the West Africa region, is Africa’s most populous country and […]
The Honourable Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbe, has said that, for Nigeria to survive as a nation, banks must support farmers through agriculture financing with single digit interest loans, warning of a possible catastrophic disaster in the near future if the nation fails to achieve food sufficiency and security. Audu Ogbe […]
The Federal Government on Tuesday says it will restructure the Bank of Agriculture (BOA), to support the diversification programme of the present administration. Represented by Mr. Godwin Obinna-Opara, an official of the ministry, Ogbe said the present administration had approved the restructuring aimed at strengthening the bank for optimal service delivery to farmers. According to […]
The National Chairman of Association of Indigenous Seafood Stakeholders Nigeria, Mr Lamina Rasheed have said the prices of frozen fish will continue to be high if the government refuse to sell dollars to fish importers at official rate to import frozen fish into the country. Rasheed lamented that the Nigerian fish importers access forex from […]
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) said in its recently released World Employment and Social Outlook Trends 2017 (WESO) that the number of unemployed persons globally will hit over 201 million in 2017, with an additional rise of 2.7 million expected in 2018. According to the ILO report is because the pace of labour force growth […]
The Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has intercepted a 40ft container of frozen Tilapia fish imported from Turkey and valued at N22.1 million. The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Muhammad Jibrin, said this on Monday when he led newsmen to APM Terminals, Apapa, where the container was intercepted. Jibrin said that the container […]
The Executive Director of Lake Chad Research Institutes (LCRI) Dr Oluwasina Olabanji, has suggested investment plan to boost seed production in the country, which according to him, would enable farmers have easier access to seeds for planting at affordable rates, and expedite Nigeria’s food sufficiency drive. Olabanji also said investment plan in seed production would […]