By NAN 07 January 2024 | 7:03 am The Niger State Governor, Mr Umar Bago, says farmers now desire to return to their farms in the state, saying most of them are already back to farm. The Niger State Governor, Mr Umar Bago, says farmers now desire to return to their farms in the state, saying most of them are already back to farm. Bago added that he had offered to pilot the planned 500,000 hectares of agricultural production announced by President Bola Tinubu in his New Year message. Bago said this in a statement on Sunday after meeting with President Tinubu in Abuja. He said Niger State was now the leading state in terms of food security initiative of the president as it had already started the implementation of 250,000 hectares dry season farming. “We’ve already signed an agreement with some companies for off-take and just to keep him up to speed with what we’re doing in agriculture,” he said on his visit to the president. ” The president’s New Year’s speech, laid emphasis on agriculture and also the 500,000 hectares the government is planning to farm this 2024. “Niger State has also provided itself as a pilot state for that project, and that we are also ambitious to also match with the Federal Government 500,000 for 500,000.” He said the president was positive about it, adding that he was delighted with what the state was doing. 2 hours ago The Niger State Governor, Mr Umar Bago, says farmers now desire to return to their farms in the state, saying most of them are already back to farm. 5 hours ago Nigeria’s long wait for local refining of petroleum products and overhaul of the downstream segment of the oil and gas industry is faltering on political points fueled by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and feted… 5 hours ago Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has urged President Bola Tinubu to rise up to the occasion and end persistent killings in different parts of the country. 5 hours ago The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has realigned with his old political friend and the South-south Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Victor Giadom, ostensibly to finalise plans to move to the ruling party. 5 hours ago Deputy Speaker of the House of House of Representatives, Benjamin Okezie Kalu, has said that President Bola Tinubu is keen on ensuring the progress of the entire South East geopolitical zone of the country. 5 hours ago The management of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA) has said that social media reports trying to link the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, to ongoing investigation of the suspended National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer… 5 hours ago All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State, Blessing Agbomhere, has appealed to the leadership of the party to reward his loyalty with the ticket to fly the party’s flag in the election. 6 hours ago An aspirant in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State, Prof. Sunny Eromosele, yesterday insisted that he is the right candidate to turn around the affairs of the state. 6 hours ago Lagos State recorded 1,461 emergency incidents from January 1 to December 31, 2023, with 138 of these incidents attended to in December 2023. 6 hours ago The Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it intercepted 18,800 USD counterfeit notes, pieces of artifacts and antiquities as well as bags of precious stones smuggled into the country through the Lagos International Airport.
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