Hardship: maximum utilisation of the agric potential is the answer for the Nigerian development
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By Nabila Khamis.
The Nigerian government and its people have been charged to harness and invest heavily in the country’s agricultural potential to improve and better the lot of the citizenry.
The United State of America Charge d’Affaires, Mr David Greene, who gave the charge, stressed the need for maximum utilisation of the agric potential for the economic development of the country.
Greene spoke on Wednesday at Ipao Ekiti in Ikole Ekiti local government area of Ekiti State, where he led a team from the American Embassy on a visit to the Agbayewa Farms, a portfolio of Cavista Holdings in the State.
The US diplomat, who was accompanied by the Consul General of the American Embassy, William Stevens, and some top embassy officials to the farm, was received by the chairman of CAVISTA Holdings, who is also the chairman of Corporate Council on Africa, Mr John Niyi Olajide.
Greene described the farm as quite amazing, saying it demonstrates what is capable.
