Nigeria: Cell Phones for Farmers - Misplaced Priority

24 January 2013
opinion

IT is a matter of great concern to note the announcement by the Federal Government to spend N60b to purchase ten million phones for farmers.

I dare say that the policy which gives impetus to this project can be compared to putting the cart before the horse.

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