The Federal Government has issued stern warning against consumption of Thailand rice, saying it is poisonous. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, who gave the warning yesterday when he met with youths during The Guardians of the Nations International (GOTNI) Leadership Clinic in Abuja, said “some people say they prefer Thai rice […]
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The Federal Government says it will shut down the land border between Nigeria and a neighbouring country in a few days time to avoid smuggling of foreign rice into the country. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, made the disclosure in Abuja on Monday while speaking with youths in a leadership clinic […]
Read More The Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Chief Audu Ogbeh, told the House of Representatives Committee on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness on Monday that his ministry was not involved in the supply and distribution of the controversial ₦5.8 billion food grains to victims of Boko Haram attacks in the North-East. The committee, which is chaired […]
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The Federal Government has concluded plans to create more than one million jobs across the country through egg production, processing and marketing under the National Egg Production (NEGPRO) scheme. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), Chief Audu Ogbeh, who disclosed this recently at a meeting with the Technical Committee on NEGPRO in Abuja, […]
Read More The Minister for Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to reduce lending rate to agriculture as is the practice in other parts of the world. He spoke at the 2017 Annual Bankers’ Committee Retreat concluded in Lagos at the weekend. Ogbeh disclosed that the average interest rate charged on […]
Read More Rice farmers, millers and processors on Wednesday announced that the price of a 50kg bag of the produce would fall to around ₦6,000 in the next few months. According to them, the current market price of rice, which is about ₦15,000 per 50kg bag, will drop to between ₦6,000 and ₦7,000 in a couple of […]
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The importation of rice rate into the nation has significantly dropped by 88.4 per cent in one year, the Federal Government announced on Friday. It stated that rice importation dropped from 500,000 metric tonnes imported in 2015 to 58,000MT in 2016. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, disclosed this to delegates […]
Read More In line with the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) and Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), Nigeria’s government has articulated and identified 10 key prioritized projects set to double productivity and improve access to export markets in a sustainable manner. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, who disclosed this at Nigeria’s Agricultural […]
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Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has donated a portable motorised milking machine to FrieslandCampina WAMCO, while praising the company as the biggest investor in Nigeria’s dairy sector. The machine has a capacity to milk 50 cows a day. Ogbeh made the symbolic donation while declaring open the National Livestock Conference […]
Read More The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has allayed fears over an impending threat of food insufficiency in Nigeria. Speaking at a Capacity Building Training for ECOWAS member states, organised by the Food and Agricultural Organisation to teach stakeholders control and management of armyworm outbreak in West Africa, Ogbeh said despite the […]
Read More The Federal Government has explained that with its agricultural export programme, the era of oil and gas is gone. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, who stated this in an interview with journalists on Thursday night in Abuja, said Nigeria needed dollars from agricultural exports to repay its loans. He stated […]
Read More Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has disclosed that Nigeria has developed a blueprint to earn at least $10.0 billion annually from yam export in the next four (4) years. Speaking at the launch at Lilypond Container Terminal, Ijora, Lagos, Ogbeh disclosed that his ministry was persuaded by the comparative and competitive […]
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