Heritage Bank Plc in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria has set up plans to disburse a whopping sum of N41billion to farmers from 14 states for the expansion of wheat production project. The Bank, however, will register the wheat farmers with the Lagos Commodities and Futures Exchange (LCFE) for successful disbursement, as the…
The Delta State House of Assembly has passed the Prohibiting Open Grazing, indiscriminate Breeding, Rearing and Marketing of Livestock in Delta State, otherwise known as Anti-Open grazing bill. The Bill was passed following a motion by the Majority Leader of the House, Hon Ferguson Onwo, and adopted during Tuesday resumed plenary of the State Legislature,…
The Ogun state government has revealed that about 40,000 farmers across the state will be benefiting from various agricultural intervention programmes of Ogun State Economic Transformation Project (OGSTEP), a World Bank-Assisted programme. The initiative is aimed at increasing private sector participation in boosting the State’s economy. Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Adeola Odedina stated this during…
After months of speculations, Dangote Urea fertilizer is now finally on sales nationwide and it currently pushes out a minimum of 120 trucks per day across the country. Group Executive Director, (Strategy, Capital Projects & Portfolio Development) Dangote Industries Limited, Devakumar Edwin, revealed to the press over the weekend that the Plant which has the…
fulani The Federal Government has stressed that the recently clashes between herdsmen and farmers in some parts of the country could affect Nigeria’s unity. Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, who spoke the opening session of the Strategic Stakeholders Meeting on the Pastoralists/Sedentary Farmers Conflict in Nigeria held in Abuja recently, noted that a complex approach…
Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has reiterated his administration’s commitment to diversify the economy of the state and create wealth for its people. Amosun made this known while receiving Atsuko Toda, Country Programme Manager of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Value Chain Programme in his office on Friday at Oke Mosan, Abeokuta. According…