There is a
need for the Southwest governments to wake up from their slumber with regards
to harnessing great economic potential in Agriculture as their counterparts
from the other regions are not giving any chances despite of insurgency.
It appears some faceless people are waging war against agricultural sector in Nigeria. We say this because of the recent recommendation for the merger of the Ilorin, Kwara state-based innovative National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM) with the National Agency for Science & Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), which is certainly leading to nowhere.
There is no doubt that many Nigerians have applauded the Federal Government (FG)’s
announcement on her new agricultural revolution with the approval of $1.2
billion loan for the execution of the agricultural mechanization centres which
are to be located in about 632 local government centres and 140 processing
centres for the use of farmers and agro processors.