Nigeria: Ogbeh Denies Bribery Allegation Over Agro-Dealers' Fund

1 July 2016

Abuja — The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, yesterday denied allegations that he received N2 billion from the N20 billion recently released to agro-dealers by the federal government.

He told journalists at a briefing in Abuja that neither he nor his Minister of State, Heineken Lokpobiri, as well as the Permanent Secretary, Shehu Ahmed, had anything to do with the funds meant for agro dealers.

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