Nigeria: Jonathan - U.S.$11 Billion Invested in Agriculture Since 2011

31 January 2014

Abuja — President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, said a total of $11 billion had been invested in the agricultural sector by private investors and development partners since the agricultural transformation agenda of his administration was launched in 2011.

The president spoke at a session of the ongoing 22nd Summit of African Union Heads of State and Government dedicated to the consideration of measures to boost agricultural production and food security in Africa. He charged African countries to emulate Nigeria in its decision to give agriculture a priority as a viable business and not as "a development programme."

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