Poor Energy Supply Threatens Nigeria’s Food Security, Bank of Agriculture Warns Nigeria’s ambition to achieve food security is facing a major obstacle beyond access to farmland, fertilisers, and improved seeds. The country’s persistent electricity shortage is increasingly undermining agricultural productivity, food processing, storage, and the livelihoods of millions of rural farmers. The Bank of Agriculture […]

Agriculture, Not Oil, Will Secure Nigeria’s Long-Term Prosperity — VP Shettima …NDDC Launches $500 Million Niger Delta Agriculture Investment Fund ABUJA — Vice President Kashim Shettima has declared that agriculture, rather than crude oil, will secure Nigeria’s long-term prosperity, as the Federal Government and the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) unveiled a $500 million Niger