Tag: AGRIC MINISTRY

FG bows to pressure, suspends Agric Ministry’s prayer, fasting plan for food crisis

Aminu Imam
FG bows to pressure

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has suspended its controversial plan to hold national prayer and fasting sessions as a response to the worsening hunger crisis in Nigeria. In an issued press statement signed by the Assistant Information Officer for the Director of Information, Ezeaja Ikemefuna, yesterday, the ministry said that the ongoing prayer sessions were merely an internal initiative by the Human Resource Department to address staff well-being, and were not a policy directive. The spiritual programme, revealed in a leaked circular dated June 11, 2025, had…

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CBN provides N100bn fertilisers to boost food production

Aminu Imam

The Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), has handed over N100bn worth of fertilisers to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security to boost food production across the country. CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, handed over the 2.15 million bags of fertilisers to the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, yesterday, at the headquarters of the Ministry in Abuja. In his address at the handing over ceremony, Cardoso said one of the primary mandates of CBN was to maintain price stability, stressing that the cost of food was a…

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H/Reps probe Agric Ministry for spending N18.9bn on ‘ghost bush’ clearing during Covid-19 lockdown

Aminu Imam

The Public Account Committee of the House of Representatives Committee (PAC), has invited the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to give an account of how the ministry spent N18.9 billion on bush clearing, land-preparation among others during the Covid-19 lockdown. The chairman for the committee, Wole Oke, made this call, demanding that the Ministry of Agriculture show the places they claimed to have cleared. According to him, During the lockdown of the country as a result of COVID-19, some companies took contracts worth about N18 billion for bush…

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Agric. ministerial appointment: Ishmael Ahmad from Kano potential replacement for Nanono

Aminu Imam

As the dust is still settling on circumstances surrounding President Muhammadu Buharis decision to sack two of his ministers, permutations on their likely replacements are taking clearer shapes. The two ministers relieved of their duties on September 1, Sabo Nanono (Agriculture) and Saleh Mamman (Power) are from Kano and Taraba States and their kinsmen have begun lobbying in earnest to ensure their replacements come from their States. In Kano State, two names have been on the lips of the political class in the state as the likely successor to Nanono.…

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Leaked Memo: Nigeria’s Agric Ministry says Mosque a part of bigger projects for displaced Borno community

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said the alleged leaked memo with 30 million naira for a mosque construction was fact and not leaked, but that the mosque was a part of a bigger project for internally displaced people in Borno State. In a statement signed by the Director of information of the Ministry, Theodore Ogaziechi and made available to Voice of Liberty, he said apart from the mosque, other common facilities provided for the livestock farmers in the community include Solar Powered Boreholes with Overhead Tanks and…

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