Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has tasked state governments in the country to place more priority on agricultural development.
Obasanjo made this call when a delegation of commissioners
and special advisers from Niger State paid him a courtesy call in Abeokuta over
the weekend.
According to him, until Nigeria can feed itself, the country
will continue sitting on a time.
He noted that with modern equipment now available, the
impact of agricultural initiatives will be greater than the projects of the
past.
The visit included a tour of a farm where youths from Niger
State are undergoing training in innovative agricultural techniques for
eventual replication in the state.
Obasanjo commended the Niger State governor’s effort in
transforming the agricultural sector in the state, adding that Governor Umaru
Bago’s agricultural initiatives can be likened to his own ‘Operation Feed the
Nation” policy of 1976.
He said that agricultural self-sufficiency can move Nigeria
from the state it is currently in and improve the socio-economic well-being of
the people while calling on other state governors to follow Niger State’s lead
in agricultural development to ensure that Nigeria can produce the majority of
its food.
The erstwhile military Head of State and President
encouraged Niger State to continue investing in agriculture and explore modern
methods to enhance existing practices, expressing his intention to visit Niger
State with his team to learn from their progress and exchange ideas to improve
and add value to his agricultural endeavors.
He also advised Nigerians to consider investing in soilless
farming stressing that innovative farming techniques are essential to
sustaining the nation’s agricultural productivity.
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