In Five Years, Wheat Imports Gulped $6bn – FG   The Federal Government, on Tuesday, said Nigeria spent $6bn on the importation of wheat into the country between 2016 and 2020, a period of five years. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mahmood Abubakar, disclosed this at...

Nigeria’ll Stop Wheat Importation Soon, Says Buhari     President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, said Nigeria would soon end the importation of wheat that is gobbling up $2bn annually. Buhari said this while launching rain-fed commercial wheat cultivation in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State. Represented by Plateau...

Nigeria Imported N2.2trn Wheat In Four Years       Nigeria imported N2.2 trillion worth of wheat in the last four years by the government, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Sabo Nanono has disclosed. Nanono, who made the revelation as a guest of honour during a...

Wheat Importation Gulps N2trn In 4 Years — Nanono         The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Sabo Nanono, has said from 2016 to June 2020, Nigeria spent over $6 billion (about N2.283 trillion) to import wheat. The minister disclosed this while delivering the keynote address...