By Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. When the story of 10 million phones costing 60 billion naira for Nigerian farmers first made the headlines, I immediately put out a press release denying that the Ministry of Agriculture was planning to...

By Tukeni Obasi A recent report alleging that the federal government has earmarked N60 billion to buy 10 million mobile phones for distribution to farmers has irked more than a handful of Nigerians. While some have described the policy as a “half-brained initiative”, others have criticized...

The Federal Government (in the person of several ministers led by Ngozi Okonjo Iweala) is currently discussing with the Chinese government and its agencies in an effort to secure about $3 billion (N480 billion) to complete on-going ‘priority projects’ across the country. As other ministers...

In this piece, Harambe Nigeria’s Staff Writer,  Tukeni Obasi,  weighs in on the new cassava bread scheme. Originally published in Business Day In November 2011, when the president and the minister of agriculture launched the cassava bread campaign, the agricultural world greeted the...

A new cassava bread has recently been launched to the Nigerian public. President Goodluck Jonathan presented the new 40% cassava bread at a Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, pledging to only eat cassava bread until he leaves office. He also promised that policies will be introduced to...