President Muhammadu Buhari says that Nigeria can no longer depend on crude oil and gas exports as the country’s major revenue earner.
According to the President, it’s high time Nigerians began to do more more than pay mere lip service to agriculture.
A statement was released to this effect through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.
The President was quoted to have said this while granting audience to the Nigerian-born President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, Dr. Kanayo Nwanze, in the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
“It’s time to go back to the land. We must face the reality that the petroleum we had depended on for so long will no longer suffice. We campaigned heavily on agriculture, and we are ready to assist as many as want to go into agricultural ventures,” Adesina quoted President as saying.
“There is so much to be done. We will try and articulate a programme and consult organisations like IFAD for advice,” the President was quoted to have said.
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