With unemployment rising at an alarming rate of 2.7 per cent, growing insecurity and hunger, rising debt profile and capital flight, it is a matter of urgency to engage the youth fully. The Nigerian youth is key in unlocking the potential of agriculture and creating wealth for the nation. The objective of the rally is […]
Lagos State Government says 2,743 farmers and other agriculture value chain operators will receive inputs and productive assets support. The farmers would be supported under its 2020 Agricultural Value Chains Empowerment Programme on July 28. The Acting Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya made this known in a statement, on Tuesday in Lagos. Olusanya said […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced plans to engage 370,000 youths in agriculture production through its Accelerated Agricultural Development Scheme. The announcement was made in CBN’s‘Non interest guidelines for the Accelerated Agricultural Development Scheme’, which was released on Tuesday. “The objective of the programme is to engage a minimum of 370,000 youths in agricultural […]
Disgruntled contractors owed over N17bn by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development are mobilising to stop the FMARD’s minister from gaining entry into his office again on Friday (today). About 50 members of the Concerned Unpaid 2018 Contractors of the FMARD had picketed the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday, blocking the major […]
