FG May Auction BoA’s Bad Loans To AMCON The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has indicated that farmers would be given the opportunity to acquire shares of the Bank of Agriculture (BoA) within the next three months when its privatisation processes...

We’ve Saved $21bn On Food Imports - FG The Federal Government on Tuesday announced that Nigeria saved $21bn on food imports in the last three and half years. It also stated that the country increased the export of its agricultural produce by 500 per cent within...

Nigeria Spends $60m Yearly On Fish Imports   Nigeria spends $60m on the importation of fish annually, the Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has said. Ogbeh said this when he received a delegation of private investors from The Netherlands in his office, according to a statement...

FG Set To Ban Tomato Importation By 2021   The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has disclosed the federal government’s resolve to ban the importation of tomato products into the country by 2021. He said the continued importation of tomato paste had resulted...

Farmers To Hold 40% Shares In BoA - Ogbeh The Minister of Agriculure and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has disclosed that farmers will hold 40 per cent of total shares in the Bank of Agriculture (BoA) by the time its commercialisation is concluded by...

We’re In Real Crisis Over Sniper-preserved Beans says Ogbeh   The Federal Government on Monday declared that Nigeria is in a real crisis as a result of the use of harmful chemicals for the preservation of agricultural produce by farmers and dealers in the sector. It disclosed...