An indigenous firm, Multi-net Group, has indicated its readiness to help cut Nigeria's huge annual expenditure on importation of sundry food items. It's Chairman, Dr. Uzoma Obiyo, revealed in a recent agreement it signed with the federal ministry of agriculture that it plans to establish farm settlements across the country. Chineme Okafor captures the significance of this
Nigeria's Central Bank, (CBN), recently revealed that a mind boggling sum of $949 million was spent to import sundry food items into Nigeria in the past five months.
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