The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh has assured that the President Muhammadu Buhari’s led administration was committed to ensuring increase in the production of agricultural produce.
Ogbe said this during the opening ceremony of the council’s meeting at the 43rd National Council on Agriculture and Rural Development conference in Umuahia, Abia State.
He also posited that the Buhari led government was working assiduously to reduce food importation, stating that the incumbent APC led government was equally working to implement programmes that promote food safety and security among others.
The minister who identified agriculture as the highest employer of labour, used the opportunity of the event to call for synergy among states to boost productivity and ensure food security in Nigeria.
Ogbe represented by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Mohammed Bello further charged stakeholders to recommit themselves to the development of the agriculture sector.
