Ayo Akinfe
(1) Worldwide, about 80m hectares of irrigated lowland rice provide 75% of output
(2) Irrigated rice is grown in bunded fields or paddies, which are surrounded by a small embankment that keeps the water in. Our Niger Delta is tailor-made for this kind of rice production
(3) Rainfed lowland rice is grown in river...
CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria (CBN) officials have unveiled a new financial policy that grants unfettered access to foreign exchange sent from the diaspora and other money transfer remittances that come into the country through the likes of Western Union and MoneyGram.
Diaspora remittances are currently the biggest source of...
POPE Francis I has intervened in the ongoing crisis in Nigeria by calling for prayers over the current violence and widespread looting that has spread nationwide across the country asking that peace be returned.
Last Tuesday, Nigerian Army troops opened fire on unarmed protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate, killing several of...
Ayo Akinfe
(1) The jumbo pay packages of our lawmakers are an affront to any decent society
(2) The impunity with which corrupt people are running the country. Orji Uzor Kalu was convicted of fraud by a court but remains a senator, while Abdullahi Ganduje was caught red handed receiving bribes yet remains a governor
(3) This...
REMITTANCES from Nigerian diasporans fell to $3.3bn during the second quarter of this year representing their lowest level since 2008 as the Covid-19 pandemic affected the income of many Nigerians living abroad.
Historically, Nigeria has always been one of the top six nations when it comes to global remittances alongside the...
Ayo Akinfe
(1) Cocoa - We need to boost our annual harvest to 1m tonnes from the current 330,000 tonnes
(2) Rice - We need to boost our national harvest to 10m tonnes from the current 4m tonnes
(3) Sugarcane - We need a 10m tonne crop, up from the current 38,000 tonnes
(4) Palm oil - We need to boost output to 20m tonnes from...
