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Politicians steal to meet up with demands of people — Audu Ogbeh

Ihesiulo Grace 27 September 2020 0

Audu Ogbeh, former minister of agriculture, says political leaders are continually under unnecessary pressure to satisfy the cravings of their constituents, Daily Times gathered. In an interview with The Punch, Ogbeh said if a political leader must satisfy the high demands of his people,

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Stop using sniper to preserve beans, Audu Ogbeh tells traders

Ihesiulo Grace 12 November 2018 0

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has expressed displeasure at the use of chemicals for food preservation and fruit ripening. Ogbeh stated this on Sunday during an interview with journalists in Otukpo, Benue State, adding that the act was detrimental to human health and the environment. He said: “Sniper is very […]

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Agric minister supports digitisation in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 4 October 2018 0

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has expressed the readiness of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture to support efforts that would digitize and improve agriculture in the country. Ogbeh made this known on Wednesday during the 2018 farmers’ open day forum held in Abuja. The forum was an awareness programme, organised […]

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Agric minister urges farmers to repay their loans

Ihesiulo Grace 30 August 2018 0

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has noted that farmers must ensure they repay the money they borrow from banks to enable other famers get access to the same facility. Chief Ogbeh also said that the Ministry will partner with the CBN, other commercial banks and farmers cooperatives to ensure that […]

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FG urges commercial banks to reduce lending rates to farmers

Ihesiulo Grace 15 August 2018 0

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has appealed to commercial banks to reduce their lending rates to farmers to spur the development of agriculture in Nigeria. The minister made the appeal on Tuesday in Abuja at a three-day conference on: “Feed the Future Nigeria Agricultural Policy Project’’ organised by International Food Policy […]

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Ex-PDP Chair: Ogbe refutes allegations of forceful resignation

Ihesiulo Grace 4 July 2018 0

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Chief Audu Ogbeh has vehemently refuted the allegations that he was forced by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to retire as the People’s Democratic Party Chairman some years back describing it as wicked lies. There has been recent trending story in the social media, on how the minister was […]

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SERAP wins round one to compel Adamu, Ogbeh to account for spending on water

Ihesiulo Grace 25 June 2018 0

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has won the latest round in the legal battle to compel the Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Adamu and the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Audu Ogbeh to account for the spending of trillion of naira on water projects between 1999 and 2016. Justice Hadiza […]

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Thugs invade APC meeting in Benue, six confirmed dead

Ihesiulo Grace 23 April 2018 0

It was a blood bath in Otukpo, Benue State when thugs invaded the arena of the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s stake holders meeting killing almost six persons and many left injured. A Member of the House of Representatives representing Ogbadibo, Okpokwu and Ado Federal Constituency, Hassan Saleh described the action by these unknown gunmen as […]

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Minister honored with Zik award for good leadership

Ihesiulo Grace 18 April 2018 0

The Minister of Agriculture & Rural Development Chief Audu Ogbeh was on Sunday honored with the Public Service Outstanding Award. The Minister along with 9 other notable Nigerians were recognized by the Public Research and Analysis Center who institutionalized the award’ to recognize, appreciate and encourage distinguished Nigerians who have made significant

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Herdsmen Willing To Pay Tax In Support Of Grazing Reserves – Audu Ogbeh

Ihesiulo Grace 10 April 2018 0

Audu Ogbeh, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said herdsmen in the country had voluntarily declared their readiness to pay appropriate taxes to support the establishment of grazing reserves. Audu Ogbeh took a swipe at past governments, saying animal husbandry which contributed nearly six percent to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was neglected for

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Thailand’s rice mill: Resign over false information, PDP tells Ogbe

Ihesiulo Grace 10 March 2018 0

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, to resign over false claims that Thailand’s rice mills have closed down due to importation drop from Nigeria. PDP in a statement on Friday in Abuja signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said the denial by the Thailand authorities […]

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Killings in Benue, Kaduna, others disturbing – Ogbeh

Ihesiulo Grace 5 January 2018 0

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has described the killings in those parts of the country as “extremely disturbing” and wondered “how a country could hope to enjoy happiness and fruits of God’s blessings when people engage so violently in hurting each other.” He stated this in a statement issued Thursday in […]

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Customs boss, commends Ogbeh on Agric training for officers

Ihesiulo Grace 27 November 2017 0

The Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Col Hameed Ali(retd), had lauded the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh for organising agricultural training for officer and men of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) Describing agricultural sector as having a pre-eminent role in boosting Nigeria’s economy, Ali noted this when he led a […]

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Nigerians to experience high cost of food items amid army-worm outbreak, Minister says

Ihesiulo Grace 6 September 2017 Post a comment

Audu Ogbeh, the minister of agriculture and rural development has said Nigerians will experience the rise in the cost of food items in the market with the outbreak of armyworm that has affected most of the states in the country. The minister said this in a chat with journalists on the sidelines of a Capacity […]

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Commercial banks high-interest rate bane of agricultural development –Audu Ogbeh

Ihesiulo Grace 10 February 2017 0

High-interest rate charges from the Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) operators in the country have been identifies as the bane of agricultural development, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has said. The minister believes that the high-interest rate from banks remained the bane of financing of agriculture and the development of good […]