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Yobe Approves ₦460.8 Million Support Package for Female Entrepreneurs, Akara Sellers
The Yobe State Government has approved a ₦460.83 million empowerment package for female entrepreneurs and akara sellers, alongside ₦364.48 million for 1,000 grinding machines, as part of wider development projects worth ₦73.32 billion aimed at boosting livelihoods and economic growth.
CBN needs bankable policy to reduce Nigeria’s $1.5 billion import bill on Wheat
Nigeria boasts of 34 million hectares of arable land area, with about 6.5 million hectares for permanent crops. Little wonder, Agriculture serves as the country’s main driver of the economy after oil. But despite the goodies in the sector, the country imported wheat worth N2.2 trillion in the last four years. According to data from […]
Do you know Government Interventions In Agriculture May Not Yield Any Positive Result?
That scares right? Nigeria Governments at Federal and State levels are desirous of feeding its exploding population and earn from export. But all that may still equal zero despite hundreds of Billions of Naira Government has plunged into agriculture through NIRSAL/CBN. Have you wondered why despite all the intervention policies, prices of food are skyrocketing […]
OpinionNigeria’s perennial recession; a result of policy somersault.
Nigeria will predictably be in recession for a long time. When you keep doing the same thing and expect different results, you will need to check yourself. It appears we are not in a hurry to live in the reality of the 21st century with others. I sometimes wonder why we like to put the […]