Nigeria: Renewed Filip On Revamping Agriculture

Four decades ago, Nigeria's agricultural sector was the backbone of the country's economy, contributing significantly to domestic production and employment. Besides, it was the principal foreign exchange earner for the nation.

The yields of that era such as the 25-storey Cocoa House in Ibadan still define discourse on how to deploy resource to ginger infrastructural development of a nation. But suddenly, the oil sector in the oil boom years overtook agriculture and the rest is now history as Nigeria continues to grapple with economic instability and its attendant manifestations in socio-political and economic dyfunctions on top of which is unemployment among teeming Nigerian youths.

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