The Minister who stated this in a chat with journalists in Abuja admitted that
prices of grains like sorghum, maize and millet were beginning to drop.
According to him, “maize has dropped from N180,000 per ton to N140,000 and in
Kaduna farmers are willing to sell at N135,000.”
Ogbeh, also explained that new rounds of grains were being harvested in
about four states. He explained that the stocks from the previous harvest were
still with the millers’ warehouses adding that wheat also was being harvested.
“Despite the quantities of food that West African countries have carried from
Nigeria, there are still a lot in the store unfortunately the prices are still
high,” he said.
The Minister noted that the farmers have expressed their resentment with
government over plans by the federal government to cut food prices, accusing
the government of spoiling there business as this was the first time they would
be making high profit from farming. He opined that there was the need for
synergy and rational balance between the farmers’ profit and city dwellers’
survival.
Recall that “As a way of strengthening the bilateral relationship between
Nigeria and the Republic of China, President Mohammed Buhari in April 2016
visited China and the Chinese President, Mr Xi Jinping, promised to grant
Nigeria a loan for infrastructural development.”
The minister however said “the loan by way of machinery for mechanized
agriculture may not be grabbed without some kinds of due diligence
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