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 […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, to apologise to Nigerians and resign for making false claims on Thailand closing down its rice mills on account of reduced importation from Nigeria. The party in a statement on Friday by its national publicity, Kola Ologbondiyan, said Mr. Ogbeh should ”immediately […]
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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 […]
Continue ReadingThe 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 […]
Continue ReadingBy Reuben Abati One of the major news items in circulation has been the scarcity of tomato. Incidentally, Nigeria is (was) the 14th largest producer of tomato in the world and the second largest producer in Africa, after Egypt, but our country hardly produces enough to meet the local demand of about 2.3 million tonnes, and […]
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