President Muhammadu Buhari has advised Nigerian farmers to increase their food production as Nigeria has 'no money' for food importation.
President Muhammadu Buhari has advised Nigerian farmers to increase their food production as Nigeria has ‘no money’ for food importation.
PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported how the president observed the Islamic ‘Eid’ prayer to mark the end of Ramadan fast privately with his family; based on the nationwide restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic.“I wish the farmers could go and stay in their farms so that we can produce what we need sufficiently so that we don’t have to import. In any case, we don’t have money to import so we must produce what we have to eat,” he said.
The president directed the ministers to develop a comprehensive policy for a ‘Nigerian Economy functioning with COVID-19.’ Since the Buhari administration assumed office, the government has put in place several mechanisms to assist farmers with resources, farm inputs, seedlings, and other materials. The government’s Anchor Borrowers Programme, managed by the, is largely responsible for Nigeria’s massive increase in local rice production.
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