Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, has said that Nigeria’s high interest rates is partly responsible for the high cost of locally produced rice as against the imported ones.
Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Tuesday in Abuja at the inauguration of new Governing Councils of 23 Federal Universities, announced the federal government's decision to move Universities of Agriculture from the Ministry of Education to that of Agriculture.
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture has said that government is considering the idea of placing a ban on the importation of foreign tomato pastes into the country.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has urged the Ministry of Agriculture, led by Audu Ogbeh, to transform the country’s agricultural sector, as that is the best solution to the economic challenges facing the Nation.
