A picture showing Umar Bago, governor of Niger state,
kneeling to greet President Bola Tinubu at the presidential villa, has appeared
on social media.
Bago visited Tinubu at the presidential villa on Thursday.
Bago was at the State House ahead of the planned visit of the
president to Niger state.
In a post published on X, Abdullbergy Usman Ebbo, special
adviser on digital communications to Bago, said Tinubu will be welcomed to
Niger on Monday.
Ebbo said the president will launch machinery for
large-scale agro-value chain development in the state.
He added that Niger is the “pilot state for the Renewed Hope Agenda on Food Security and Agricultural Mechanization in this administration”.
Niger State will, on Monday, March 11, 2024, welcome the Father of the Nation, His Excellency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR), to Minna Airport City Special Agro-Processing Free Zone (the first in Nigeria).
— Abdullberqy Usman Ebbo (@Nupenchi_) March 7, 2024
Niger is the Pilot state for the Renewed Hope Agenda on Food… https://t.co/Ldho0wjPJ4 pic.twitter.com/ZXd3SWL4PQ
“As Mr. President prepares to launch the state-of-the-art
machinery and cutting-edge technologies for large-scale agro-value chain
development in Niger State, Governor Umaru Bago and the people of Niger State
are preparing to show their unanimous love and support,” the media aide wrote.
‘NIGERIA HAS NO REASON TO BE POOR’
Speaking at the Leadership annual conference and award 2023
on Tuesday, Bago said it was shameful that war-torn Ukraine was sending grains
to Nigeria.
The Niger governor agreed with Peter Obi, presidential
candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the last election, who was present at the
event, that the country must be productive.
“My boss (referring to Peter Obi), you are very right on
what you have said. We have no reason to be poor,” he said.
“People may not like you but they must hear you. What you
say is the gospel truth. Nigeria needs to be productive.
“You can’t be out of
poverty unless you start to produce. I’m not an advocate of handouts and
palliative. It is high time we tell ourselves the basic truth we need to feed
ourselves.”
Last week, Ukraine reportedly donated 25,000 tonnes of wheat
as emergency food assistance to 1.3 million vulnerable, crisis-affected people
in north-east Nigeria.
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