BUHARI’S 10-POINT AGENDA FOR NATION BUILDING

As we revel and bask in the euphoria of a new chapter set to begin on May 29^th 2015 where a change of baton from the 16 years PDP led federal government is set to quit the track for the Change advocate movement and Nigeria new bride, the APC political party, we should not be carried away with funfares such that we forget the reason why Jonathan couldn’t get our ballots for the second time. 

We really need to observe keenly the electoral promises and resolutions of the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, (rtd), who on April 29 outlined 10 development challenges as the mission of his presidency due to begin on May 29. Speaking in Abuja in an address he delivered at the induction held for the incoming members of the National Assembly organised by the National Institute or Legislative Studies, General Muhammadu Buhari listed the challenges as:

1.     General insecurity and insurgency that has caused extreme human hardship and destruction of lives, livelihoods that may take us over a decade to rebuild across most of North Eastern Nigeria and some parts of North Western Nigeria;

2.     Devastation and environmental degradation in the Niger Delta area which must be attended to;

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NIGERIA'S MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AKINWUNMI ADESHINA EMERGES PRESIDENT OF THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

BREAKING NEWS! BREAKING NEWS!! ......NIGERIA'S MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AKINWUNMI ADESHINA EMERGES PRESIDENT OF THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK AT THE BANK'S MEETING IN ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE.

This is a good Omen as we experience dawn of a new era....

In other news Agriculture is going to take the center stage in the New Government coming on Board Tomorrow.So get Prepared To participate actively in the Agro-commodities that can guarantee steady income in Naira and Foreign exchange..

NIGERIAN AGRIC SECTOR RECEIVES US$136.5MN FOR 2015 FARMING SEASON

Nigeria has released US$136.5mn to boost its agricultural sector and improve food security for 2015.

Goodluck Jonathan, President of Nigeria, said, “As crude oil prices decline, we must create new wealth from the richness of our soils, the vastness of our rivers and the abundance of our cheap labour. We will produce more, and industrialise the agricultural sector.”

According to Jonathan, the US$136.5mn fund is expected to encourage the farmers to plant thrice a year to boost food production and eliminate hunger and poverty.

Akinwunmi Adesina, minister of agriculture in Nigeria, added that the rice farmers across the country now had a new lease of life, owing to the transformation taking place in the sector.

Adesina noted, “The rice revolution is taking place across the country — in Kebbi, Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara, Sokoto, Bauchi, Gombe, Niger, Kogi, Ogun, Ekiti, Ebonyi, Anambra, Delta, Edo and Bayelsa State.”

The number of seed companies had also increased from 11 to 134 in the past three years, increasing access to high quality seed from 4,252 metric tonnes in 2011 to more than 149,484 metric tonnes in 2015, revealed Jonathan.

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