Nigeria’s agricultural policies have created 13m jobs in the country, according to President Muhammadu Buhari, IgbereTV reports
He said this at an interactive session in Washington DC titled, “A conversation with President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria’’ and co-hosted by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), the International Republican Institute, the National Endowment for Democracy, and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems.
According to presidential aide Garba Shehu, his principal said Saturday that these direct and indirect jobs are a testament to the administration’s policies in agriculture.
While expounding on steps taken by his government to expand the nation’s economy since 2015, he said the President noted that focused interventions in agriculture transitioned the country from being a net importer of rice to becoming self-sufficient in its production
