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FG employs 130,000 graduates to provide extension services to farmers – Audu Ogheh

April 9, 2019April 8, 2019News Agency

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, says 130, 000 graduate youth have been employed to offer extension services to farmers across the country. The minister disclosed this at the 24th Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria (AESON) Annual National Conference in Abuja on Monday. Mr Ogbeh, represented by Mrs Karima Babangida, the Director […]

Audu Ogbeh loses younger brother

March 30, 2018March 30, 2018Ayo Olowo

Clement Ogbeh, a staffer of the Central Bank of Nigeria, has died. Clement was the younger brother of Chief Audu Ogbeh, the minister of agriculture and Rural Development. President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a message of condolence to Audu Ogbeh, Clement Ogbeh’s nucleus family, his friends and colleagues at the CBN. According to a statement […]

Minister of Agriculture: Nigeria has reserved enough food for 2018 shortages

November 13, 2017Ayo Olowo

The Federal Government said on Sunday that it had stocked enough food to address possible shortages in some states in 2018. Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, made the disclosure in Katsina. The minister spoke at the Joint International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)/Federal Government 2nd Supervision Mission for Climate Change, Adaptation […]

FG to investigate export of low quality yam to U.S.

October 4, 2017Eben Tanimola

The federal government of Nigeria has said it is in the process of investigating how yam said to be of low quality was exported from Nigeria to the United States of America, USA. Briefing State House correspondents at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, the Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, said […]

Osinbajo inaugurates 60,000 metric tonnes fertiliser plant in Edo

August 30, 2017Ayo Olowo

The Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday in Auchi, Edo State inaugurated the Edo Fertilizer Plant and Chemical Company Limited. The plant, said to have the capacity to produce about 60,000 metric tonnes of fertilizer in a year, was revived through a public, private venture about 14 years after it was abandoned. According to a statement […]

FCT: Youths to get 15,000 hectares for Agriculture

October 25, 2016Ayo Olowo

The Federal Government has mapped out 15,000 hectares of land in Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to encourage youths participation in agriculture. The Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, announced this while speaking with newsmen in Abuja on Monday. Ogbeh said the programme, which was a first step toward encouraging youth […]