Ondo State Government has expressed its readiness to participate actively in the Federal Government/IFAD/NDDC, USD10 Million Agricultural transformation Project, Life – ND Commissioner for Agriculture, Asiwaju Adegboyega Adefarati gave the assurance while hosting the team from FG/IFAD/NDDC(L-ND) in his office in Akure. The commissioner who expressed confidence in the ability of the state Government to […]
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Feeding over 200 million Nigerians requires generation, improvement and widespread application of various home-grown and adapted technologies, innovations and farmer education, experts have said. Over 30 million farmers in Nigeria should produce enough food for the country, but contrary is the case on accounts of primitive tools, non-application of improved technologies and high-yielding varieties. Part […]
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Plans to establish the largest cocoa plantation in Africa have been concluded by the Ondo State Government. Ondo is Nigeria’s largest cocoa producing state. The state government announced this through the Agriculture Commissioner, Mr Gboyega Adefarati, confirming that the massive plantation would sit on 2,000 hectares of cocoa plantation at Ijugbere, in Owo Local Government […]
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To boost cash crops production in Idanre local government area of Ondo State, the Caretaker Management Committee has distributed cocoa seedlings to farmers within the Council area. This was contained in a statement by the council’s Head of Agriculture Department, Mr Olasunkanmi Fayato. It said that while distributing the seedlings, the Chairman of Idanre local […]
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accuses agencies of violating accounting rules, failing to submit fiscal reports MDAs without audited reports increased from 148 in 2014 to 323 in 2018 Financial indiscipline blamed on Buhari’s inaction, failure to sign anti-graft bills Almost all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) have been indicted for financial wrongdoings in the latest fiscal assessment of the […]
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Chairman Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Walid Jibrin, has said that the delay in appointing ministers by President Muhammadu Buhari is not good for the country. Speaking in Abuja on Monday, Jibrin urged the President to hasten the appointment of his ministers. According to him, the appointment of competent persons […]
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Analyst links incidence to macroeconomic headwinds Following the adoption of IFRS 9, about 10.9 per cent of the loan book in the banking industry, representing ₦1.5trillion are in Stage 3 (impaired), as at December 2018, according to the recently released banking industry report by Agusto & Co. The figure represents 15 per cent increase in […]
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Nigeria’s Central Bank governor Mr Godwin Emefiele on Monday said the country’s economy remains fragile, about two years it exited a harsh economic recession. Emefiele, who resumed as the CBN governor for a second term at the beginning of June, said it still not all rosy for Africa’s most populous country. He made the comment […]
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Nigeria’s cocoa will soon regain its glory in the country and beyond, the new leadership of the Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria (CFAN) under Mr. Adeola Adegoke has said. Adegoke, who was elected CFAN National President at the weekend in Akure, the Ondo State capital, spoke after his election victory. There were delegates from 13 […]
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Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, on Saturday stressed the need to strengthen efforts over the coming years to stimulate growth and create jobs in critical sectors to insulate the economy from global shocks. He said this while giving a welcome address at a consultative round-table titled, “Going for Growth” […]
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