Highlights:

• He was speaking to State House correspondents on Monday after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja.
• Abubakar said he briefed the president on issues bordering on agricultural development in the country – he chairs the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative.
• “We believe agriculture and solid minerals are key to our development and we discussed a lot on how to improve our international competitiveness in agricultural production. As you are aware also that I’m the chairman of the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative, we have been discussing on fertilizer on agriculture for quite a long time with Mr President and I’m sure he is happy with the suggestions and encouraged us to work hard and to be sure we safeguard the country.”