Special adviser to the governor of Cross River State on Cocoa Development and Control, Oscar Ofuka, has said the ongoing agricultural revolution in the
Ofuka spoke in Abuja over the weekend in reaction to an award of honour given to him by Niger Delta Development ICON Merit Awards .
He urged the government to prioritise agriculture, saying that it can help boost economic growth of the nation.He said, “Our challenge is not just Ondo, we want to take over from Cote d’Ivoire as the highest producer of cocoa in the world. “You know the oil waves are gradually drying up and the price of oil is also falling.” There is need for Nigeria to return to agriculture and when we talk about returning to agriculture first, we must understand that agriculture was the first occupation of man but unfortunately, it was relegated during the discovery of oil.
“So, I think that if more emphasis is placed on agricultural development especially the cash crops like cocoa, Nigeria earnings from the federation account would have increased, our gross domestic product would have increased and foreign exchange we are looking for would increase. “And of course, this will cut down on external borrowing because a nation that borrow can never succeed, a nation that relies on earnings from things like the oil sector alone can never succeed,” he said.
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