The latest macroeconomic indicators of Nigeria showed a 0.43% decline in GDP growth to 6.56% in Q1 2013 relative to the preceding quarter. This drop was partially attributed to a decline in agricultural output in the period under review.
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said Tuesday in Geneva, Switzerland that his Administration has embarked on bold policy and institutional reforms aimed at adding 20 million metric ones of food to domestic supply and creating at least 3.5 million new job
My attention has been drawn to the issue of 60 Billion Naira to be spent on phones for farmers, reported in some media sites and papers. The information is absolutely incorrect. My Permanent Secretary was totally misquoted out of context. There is no 60 B
The Federal Government is to spend between N40 billion and N60 billion to procure 10million telephone handsets from China and the US for free distribution to rural farmers across the country.
The product is presently enjoying the maximum tariff protection of 35% duty rate, which is targeted at encouraging the local production of palm oil in which peasant enterprise is dominant, and which provides jobs for millions of Nigerians based in the rur
Our attention has been drawn to the orchestrated and clandestine move of certain industrialists and aided by the Technical Committee on Tariff and Trade in the Federal Ministry of Finance to pressure the Federal government to reduce or remove the existing
