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The activities marking Nigeria’s 64th Independence Anniversary started on Sunday with an inter-denominational church service held at the National Christian Centre, Abuja. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, led the government’s delegation to the service, which was attended by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and the Service
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The Federal Government said it will increase agricultural inputs and other supports to farmers to boost natural food production. Minister of Agriculture and food Security Senator Abubakar Kyari said the reason is to discourage excessive use of chemicals in farming system. Kyari disclosed that government is prioritising the development and application of organic fertilizer in
FG increases inputs to farmers to discourage use of excessive chemicals
The Federal Government said it will increase agricultural inputs and other supports to farmers to boost natural food production.
Minister of Agriculture and food Security Senator Abubakar Kyari said the reason is to discourage excessive use of chemicals in farming system.
Kyari disclosed that government is prioritising the development and application of organic fertilizer in large scale and smallholder farming.
The minister spoke in Calabar, Cross River State, as the technical council of the 46TH Meeting of the National Council on Agriculture and Food Security considered various memoranda submitted by stakeholders.
According to him: “The entire approach is to enhance agricultural productivity and production in the country.
“Our assistance to farmers in the provision of inputs has contributed to the output of crops.
“We will always facilitate rural communities, roads, electricity, boreholes, water harvesting structure, land clearing activity and appropriate technologies.”
He enjoined stakeholders and international support partners to uphold the principle of inclusiveness, transparency,
prioritisation and partnership for collective agribusiness undertakings in the country.
The minister explained that the 46th National Council on Agriculture and Food Security is a platform for appraising existing policies, programmes and projects at the national and sub-national levels, in order to entrench synergy.
Gov Bassey Otu, represented by his deputy, Peter Odey, hailed the agric initiatives, assuring that such will uplift Nigerian farmers and guarantee food security.
He disclosed that the state has invested much in the area of agriculture to reposition in the coming months.
Temitope Fashedemi, permanent secretary in the ministry said the council meeting aimed to streamline ideas and strategies for the purpose of actualising the potentials, prospects and opportunities in the agricultural sector of Nigeria.
FG increases inputs to farmers to discourage use of excessive chemicals
A Nigerian-British investor and technology expert, Tomi Davies, shared an anecdote about his unexpected success in an early investment, reflecting on a time when he turned a $5,000 investment into a substantial return. Speaking with Big Tech This Week and released on Monday via X, Davies said, “In 1999, a friend of mine encouraged me,
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A Nigerian-British investor and technology expert, Tomi Davies, shared an anecdote about his unexpected success in an early investment, reflecting on a time when he turned a $5,000 investment into a substantial return. Speaking with Big Tech This Week and released on Monday via X, Davies said, “In 1999, a friend of mine encouraged me,
The movement restriction directed by the Inspector-General of Police for the Edo State governorship election on Saturday morning left commuters and motorists stranded at Jattu junction on the Benin-Auchi-Okene highway in Etsako West Local Government Area. The affected persons had anticipated that enforcement of the order would begin at 8 a.m., only to discover that
Edo decides: Motorists, commuters stranded in Auchi over movement restriction
The movement restriction directed by the Inspector-General of Police for the Edo State governorship election on Saturday morning left commuters and motorists stranded at Jattu junction on the Benin-Auchi-Okene highway in Etsako West Local Government Area.
The affected persons had anticipated that enforcement of the order would begin at 8 a.m., only to discover that security agents had blocked strategic routes before 7 a.m.
It was gathered that the police, personnel from the Nigerian Army, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigeria Immigration Services and other paramilitary agencies were part of the movement restriction team.
It was further learned that a significant number of heavy-duty trucks, smaller vehicles, motorcycles, and commuters were in long queues at the junction.
Some of the drivers who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria said they were traveling from Abuja to Delta but were refused passage by the security personnel.
Similarly, some of the commuters stranded at the junction said they had gone out of their homes to buy food for breakfast before heading to the polling stations to vote, not knowing they would be caught up in the movement restriction.
Mr Musa Adamu, a truck driver, told NAN that the army refused them passage despite explanations that they were only passing through Edo en route to Delta.
“I am coming from Abuja, going to Delta, and I thought we could cross Edo before 8 a.m.
“I am surprised that upon reaching Jattu junction, we were stopped by military personnel who had barricaded the road and refused us access,” he said.
Another motorist, Hakeem Saliu, said he left Benin early, intending to cross the junction, but was held up before 7 a.m.
“The security personnel said we should remain here until the election is over, and that is unfair,” Saliu said.
Edo decides: Motorists, commuters stranded in Auchi over movement restriction