Lauretta Onochie, social media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari has told Nigerians the achievements of President Buhari in the Agricultural sector after backlash from Nigerians who complained that President Buhari has achieved to be considered for the forthcoming 2019 election.

Disclosing this via her tweeter handle, she wrote

1) The anti-corruption drive of Mr. President put to a halt the exogenous leakages in the Agricultural sector to encourage, empower, and enhance the locally made farm produce thereby increasing our internally generated revenue (IGR) index and foreign exchange capacity and reserve to over $45 Billion in cash and bonds.

2) President Buhari initiated the Home Grown Feeding Programme which is designed to put an end to importation and market monopoly of farm produce that can be grown here in our country which is a pilot vehicle to sustainable economic, agricultural, academic and job creation across the length and breadth of our nation.

3) Under President Buhari, the Standing Inter-Ministerial Technical Committee on Zero-Reject of Agricultural Commodities and Produce / Non-oil Exports in Nigeria was inaugurated.

4) Under the Buhari-led administration, Nigeria has benefitted from 13.1billion Euros honeybee project.

5) The Buhari administration has commenced steps improving the standards of Nigeria’s agricultural exports to align with global standards due to the rejection of our produce at the EU Border Controls.

6) Under President Buhari, Standards and Quality Control measures have been developed in.

7) Under President Buhari administration at the end of 2016, agricultural goods as share of total trade got N212.73bn and 4.02 per cent and Agricultural goods exports were 2.7 per cent higher in Q4 2016 than Q3 2016.

8.) Under the Buhari-led administration, Sesame seeds contributed N6.46billion to Agricultural product exports in the fourth quarter of 2016.

9) In the fourth quarter of 2016, Frozen shrimps and prawns chipped in N4.4billion to Agricultural product exports under PMB’s administration.

10) Under President Buhari administration in the fourth quarter of 2016, Flour and meals of soya beans contributed N2.59billion to agricultural product exports

11) Under President Buhari administration in the fourth quarter of 2016, cashew nuts in shell contributed N0.95billion to Agricultural product exports with the Buhari-led administration.

12) Crude palm kernel accounted for N0.62 billion of the total Agricultural exports under the President Buhari administration in the fourth quarter of 2016.

13) Under the President Buhari administration the agricultural universities coordinating agency is being revitalised as stipulated in the enabling Act which will work closely with the Nigerian University Commission and development partners to re-focus the universities of agriculture in the country.

14) The Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises (LIFE) programme was initiated by the Buhari Administration and it is aimed at bringing life back to rural communities through the empowerment of youth, women and other vulnerable groups across the country.

15) Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises (LIFE) Programme initiated by the President Buhari administration is geared towards promoting community-based on-farm and off-farm business activities as a model for job and wealth creation amongst unemployed youth and women in rural and suburban households.

16) Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises (LIFE) Programmes under President Buhari are expected to establish 150,000 cooperatives nationwide under commodity value chain groups.

17) Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises (LIFE) programme under President Buhari will establish and operate up to 1,000 cottage industries in the country, and ultimately engage about 1,995,500 youth and 997,500 women for enhanced productivity.

18) Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises (LIFE) programme under President Buhari would add about 5,965,000 metric tons of foods to the national food store.

19) Anchor Borrowers’ Programme is an intervention of the Buhari administration aimed at fast-tracking access of rural farmers to finance productivity.

20) The Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) of the Central Bank of Nigeria under the Buhari-led administration has made available N82billion in funding to 350,000 farmers of rice, wheat, maize, cotton, cassava, poultry, soy beans and groundnut; who have cultivated about 400,000 hectares of land.

21) The Buhari-led administration has made provision of agricultural credit for financing the production of rice, wheat, ginger, maize and soybeans in Kebbi, Niger, Kaduna, Kano, Enugu, Benue, Zamfara, Anambra and Kwara States.

22) The Anchor Borrower’s Programme (ABP) under Buhari’s administration has provided quantum of money for dry season farming in 2015, wet season rice and wheat farming in 2016 and is currently supporting the 2016 dry season farming in many states.

23) The President Buhari administration has commenced the use of National Soil Map Data, with the promotion of the use of soil-specific fertilizer formulations and application in prescribed dosages based on soil types following the conduct of soil mapping/test to enhance agricultural production and productivity.

24) Under President Buhari administration a resurrected interest in agriculture has awakened among small holder farmers.

25) Under the Buhari-led administration, Nigeria’s fertilizer market is growing.

26) The President Buhari administration has signed an agreement with the Government of Morocco for the supply of fertilizer raw materials on concessionary terms to boost local blending to facilitate making soil and crop-specific fertilizer blends available and accessible to smallholder Nigeria farmers.

27) The Ministry of Agriculture under President Buhari is facilitating the timely access of farmers to appropriate quality seeds.

28) The President Buhari administration has facilitated seed trading locally and internationally through the application of regionally agreed principles and rules.

29) The enabling environment for private investment in the seed industry has been created by the Buhari-led administration.

30) Under President Buhari, the National Irrigation Policy and Strategy has been developed and focuses on the need to overcome the irrigation challenges and put available irrigation facilities in the country into effective use.

31) The PMB Administration has assessed the status of infrastructure in all the 12 River Basin Development Authorities (RBDAs) hence, commenced immediate and effective use of the facilities for commercial farming.

32) Under President Buhari, the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) has been strengthened for improved delivery of services through consolidation and recapitalisation in collaboration with the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) to ensure loan disbursement at a single digit interest regime in the agricultural sector as obtainable in developed and emerging economies.

33) The President Buhari administration has approved the restructuring, re-capitalising and repositioning of the Bank of Agriculture (BOA).

34) The Buhari administration has secured the approval of a grant of $1.1 million from the African Development Bank (AfDB) for the restructuring of the Bank of Agriculture, aimed at staff training to strengthen service delivery.

35) The President Buhari administration has embarked on the re-validation of the claims of agro- dealers and input suppliers under the 2014 wet and 2014/2015 dry seasons to ensure that genuine claims are paid by the government.

36) The President Buhari administration has facilitated the payment of the sum of N20 billion, as part of the debts owed agro-dealers while efforts are on to fully settle the outstanding liabilities.

37) The President Buhari administration has established a N50 billion mechanisation fund to facilitate the second phase of Agricultural Equipment Hiring Enterprise (AEHE) to roll-out 6,000 tractors and 13,000 harvest and post-harvest equipment units across the country.

38) With the Buhari-led administration, Tractors and Implements were rolled out in Ilorin and Abuja on January 12, 2016, to support targeted commodity value chains.

39) The rising spate of hostilities and attendant insecurity arising from clashes between crop farmers and nomadic herdsmen has raised serious concern within the government. Accordingly, the PMB administration has commenced efforts towards resolution of pastoralists-farmers conflicts through the provision of 55,000 hectares of land by 11 states as part of the 5,000 hectares each expected from the 19 northern states for the development of pasture/paddocks grazing reserves.

40) The Buhari administration has established 40 large scale rice processing plants and 18 High Quality Cassava Flour (HQCGF) plants with a stake commitment of China EXIM (85 per cent) and Nigeria Bank of Industry (BoI) (15 per cent) through concessional credit facilities of US$383,140,375.60 for the rice mills and US$143,722,202.40 for the HQCF Plants.

41) The President Buhari administration through the Ministry of Agriculture is embarking on a programme of distribution of rice mills, of ten tons per day capacity, 20 tons a day, 40 tons a day, 50 tons and a few 100 tons. Collectively between them, the capacity for rice milling will be close to 3,000 tons a day nationwide. That is expected to close the gap between paddy availability and mills to process it.

42) The President Buhari administration has established 10 large scale rice processing plants and 6 High Quality Cassava Flour plants to be owned and operated by the private sector and would be funded by the Special Rice Processing Intervention Fund and the WB Assisted Agricultural Development Policy Operation [AgDPO] Funds.

43) Through President Buhari administration, Real GDP in agriculture grew by 4.11 per cent in the year 2016, and this growth rate was higher than that recorded in 2015 of 3.72 per cent.

44) Under Buhari’s administration as captured by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), there was a continuing strong growth in Agriculture (especially Crop Production) in the Q4 of 2016.

45) Agriculture contributed 21.26 per cent to nominal GDP in the Q4 of 2016 and the sector grew by 6.45 per cent year-on-year under President Buhari administration.

46) In the Buhari-led administration, the contribution of Agriculture to overall GDP in real terms was 25.49 per cent in the quarter under review, higher than its share of 24.18 per cent in the corresponding quarter of 2015.

47) The Ministry of Agriculture under President Buhari administration also provided 2283 bags of industrial salt to hides and skin dealers in 12 targeted states.

48) The President Buhari administration placed ban on rice importation and that has saved Nigeria an average of $5 Million daily.

49) The growing success story on agriculture in Buhari’s Administration has prompted more youths to commence full production in agriculture.

50) More than 7 million Nigerians are actively employed in agriculture under the Buhari Government’s diversification agenda and the Ministry of Agriculture is working to ensure that Agriculture will offer 20 million jobs in the nearest future.

51) Nigeria’s milled rice production has increased by about 60 percent, from 2.5 million MT in 2015, to 4 million MT in 2017 under the President Buhari administration.

52) The Buhari-led administration set up the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI) to deliver commercially significant quantities of affordable and high quality fertilizer to the Nigerian farmer at the right time

53) The Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI) under the President Buhari administration has resulted in the revitalization of 14 blending plants across the country, with a total installed capacity in excess of 2 million MT.

54) The Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI) under the President Buhari administration has resulted in benefits which will include annual savings of US$200 million in foreign exchange, and N60 billion annually in budgetary provisions for Fertilizer subsidies.

55) Under President Buhari administration, the current cumulative in terms of IGR generated through Agriculture since the fall in price of crude globally has placed agriculture as the best alternative for creating wealth and increasing our National Foreign Reserve to an all-time high.

56) Nigeria’s economy has since bounced back after the recession of 2015/2016 and has continued to grow back as the strongest stabilizing economy in Africa under Buhari-led administration.

57) Through the Buhari-led administration, agriculture is already ripe to be the next green oil and global gold the world has ever seen and the green-rush will lead all roads to Nigeria.

58) Buhari-led Administration has revived 11 moribund plants with a combined capacity of over two million metric tonnes.

59) In 2017 under the President Buhari administration, Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI) delivered 10 million 50kg bags(500,000MT) of NPK 20:10:10 fertilizer at a price of N5,500 in time for the wet season which is down from the price of N9,000 per 50kg bag in 2016, a 40% reduction in price.

60) Under President Buhari administration there is a higher patronage for the country’s rail network due to movement of raw materials and finished goods.

61) Under President Buhari administration, the bag-making sector of the economy was boosted, with over 10million packaging bags produced exclusively for Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI).

62) The Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI) has been able to create 60,000 direct jobs and even a higher number of indirect jobs under the Buhari-led administration.

63) The Buhari-led administration has cut down on imports of agricultural products in order to enable self-sufficiency in food production and consumption.

64) Under President Buhari administration, The Green Alternative (TGA) was initiated, a major policy thrust to build an agri-business economy capable of delivering sustained prosperity by meeting domestic food security goals, generate exports, support sustainable income and job.

Can Nigerians verify all these claims?

Source: https://naijapolitico.com.ng/sixty-four-64-achievements-of-president-muhammadu-buhari-in-agricultural-sector-by-lauretta-onochie/

Buhari has do what no president in nigeria histry has done before. he has reset our brain to know how to spend money. for many nigerians out there including me the days of lau lau spending is over.

Lie Lie Lie Lie....smh

I hope the killings of farmers by herdsmen made the list

Okay

None impacts the common man....

If it doesnt impact the common man and had to be noted by the ever reliabe liar Lauretta onochie, then its not an achievement.

Never again will we make the 2015 mistake.

The only achievement of this president so far is BUHARISM

Drunken Zombie Madam

Millenniumlady:
I hope the killings of farmers by herdsmen made the list

For where,it didn't make the list.

Lol



see lies

Evablizin:
For where,it didn't make the list.

You dey mind that old hoe on codeine diet

Millenniumlady:
I hope the killings of farmers by herdsmen made the list

lol



it should av been no 1

I can attest to this as a farmer myself who just acquired some extra land to expand my agricultural venture.

Farmers have never had it this good in other administrations. It has been awesome for us and would only get better under this administration.

This is my own expanded agric venture attached (sweet potatoes and cabbage farm). From piggery to Main Agriculture.

White collar jobs are no longer the in thing. Farming is a money spinner.

Even in the USA some of the richest are farmers.

Lolzzz... 64 indeed.. Reading thru those list of achievements will make U wonder if these ppl think dey are Lording over fools...

Yet, food is not affordable. To what end then?

Buterflyle0:
I can attest to this as a farmer myself who just acquired some extra land to expand my agricultural venture.

Farmers have never had it this good in other administrations. It has been awesome for us and would only get better under this administration.

This is my own expanded agric venture attached (sweet potatoes and cabbage farm). From piggery to Main Agriculture.

White collar jobs are no longer the in thing. Farming is a money spinner.

Even in the USA some of the richest are farmers.

They are just comfortable, tell me who among the 1st 100 in US that is a farmer, they will make the first 500 in the US

Buterflyle0:
I can attest to this as a farmer myself who just acquired some extra land to expand my agricultural venture.

Farmers have never had it this good in other administrations. It has been awesome for us and would only get better under this administration.

This is my own expanded agric venture attached (sweet potatoes and cabbage farm). From piggery to Main Agriculture.

White collar jobs are no longer the in thing. Farming is a money spinner.

Even in the USA some of the richest are farmers.

Which of the USA? Is it the same US that their president called BuBu lifeless

Buhari is a disaster that must not be allowed to near any sit of leadership. That man is a dunce.

We must retire him to Daura so he can go and take care of his never increasing hermaphrodite cows


Oya Apc supporters, come and defend the Dullard CC deomelo hungerbad sarrki madridguy Bolustical seunmsg modath midolian corrithians butterflyleo cilicmarin passingshot vedaxcool blackpanda mannabbqgrill

GBAREN:


They are just comfortable, tell me who among the 1st 100 in US that is a farmer, they will make the first 500 in the US

You don't get it. Everyone desires to be comfortable with living standards.

Farming is a win win. Everybody, young or old, rich or poor must eat.

Farmers are the source and thus INDISPENSABLE. They power every man power needed in every sector.

Its in Agriculture you work hard and earn extremely well unlike white collar jobs where you work hard and still probably earn less or still get sacked at the end of the day due to downsizing

Each time lauretta gets drunk she resorts to typing nonsense and abusing people
During Buhari administration the number of our farmers have reduced tremendously, more blood was spilled on our farms like no other time in our country's histroy.
Under GEJ Dr Akinwunmi Adeshina introduced reforms in
1. Rice Production

2. E - walllet for fertilizer and farm tools

3. Hydes and skin quality improvement and export

4. Cocoa reforms that transformed

But under Audu Ogbe what did we get

1. Importation of Brazilian grass to feed cows

2. Exporting rice for show when citizens have not seen rice to eat

3. Allocating farm lands with growing crops for herdsmen aznd thier cattles to feed on the list is endless

It's either the dullard is borrowing or he is just talking.. Summarily , the drunken lady onochie is counting the achievements of the poor farmers as that of Buhari , lol.

Buterflyle0:


You don't get it. Everyone desires to be comfortable with living standards.

Farming is a win win. Everybody, young or old, rich or poor must eat.

Farmers are the source and thus INDISPENSABLE. They power every man power needed in every sector.

Its in Agriculture you work hard and earn extremely well unlike white collar jobs where you work hard and still probably earn less or still get sacked at the end of the day due to downsizing

Well for once I agree with you on this, but the Government still really need to do in this sector, most of the Agricultural Loans are still not getting to those that actually need them, this present is Lucky to have had a person like Adesina that actually set the path for what they enjoy do, that is the beauty of continuity, irrespective of the party in Power.

GBAREN:


Well for once I agree with you on this, but the Government still really need to do in this sector, most of the Agricultural Loans are still not getting to those that actually need them, this present is Lucky to have had a person like Adesina that actually set the path for what they enjoy do, that is the beauty of continuity, irrespective of the party in Power.

I beg to disagree regarding the loan angle. The loans are getting to those who need them directly and with less bottlenecks too. Plus this FGs fertilizer scheme is absolutely amazing. We are being encouraged beyond our wildest dreams as farmers and I often laugh at people who still frown at this.

A smart person who notices the area of focus of any government, if you have the resources, put your money there and you would be amazed at how your returns would grow in leaps and bounds.

Agriculture built Nigeria and not oil. Oil just gave us a major distraction.

Buterflyle0:
I can attest to this as a farmer myself who just acquired some extra land to expand my agricultural venture.

Farmers have never had it this good in other administrations. It has been awesome for us and would only get better under this administration.

This is my own expanded agric venture attached (sweet potatoes and cabbage farm). From piggery to Main Agriculture.

White collar jobs are no longer the in thing. Farming is a money spinner.

Even in the USA some of the richest are farmers.

So because you got piece of land after retirement from white collar job. All those claiming farming credentials now were had white collar jobs. Show me one billionaire in Nigeria who grew up in the farm and made his money purely from it. Enough of these lies.

when has all these happened and we didn't know and didn't feel the impact?

amazingspiderma:

So because you got piece of land after retirement from white collar job.

I have NEVER done a white collar job. I have always been an entrepreneur

KikBuhari2Daura:
Each time lauretta gets drunk she resorts to typing nonsense and abusing people.During Buhari administration the number of our farmers have reduced tremendously, more blood was spilled on our farms like no other time in our country's histroy.
Under GEJ Dr Akinwunmi Adeshina introduced reforms in
1. Rice Production
2. E - walllet for fertilizer and farm tools
3. Hydes and skin quality improvement and export
4. Cocoa reforms that transformed

But under Audu Ogbe what did we get
1.Importation of Brazilian grass to feed cows
2.Exporting rice for show when citizens have not seen rice to eat
3. Allocating farm lands with growing crops for herdsmen and their cattles to feed on the list is endless

You mind this useless government & its zombies.

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At least you are doing good with your 30k bmc salary

Buterflyle0:
I can attest to this as a farmer myself who just acquired some extra land to expand my agricultural venture.

Farmers have never had it this good in other administrations. It has been awesome for us and would only get better under this administration.

This is my own expanded agric venture attached (sweet potatoes and cabbage farm). From piggery to Main Agriculture.

White collar jobs are no longer the in thing. Farming is a money spinner.

Even in the USA some of the richest are farmers.

how many nigerians understands the copy and paste trash she posted... the achievement we wanna hear is that fuel is now #45, cost of living has reduced...$1 is now #50, bag of rice is now #5k, bag of bean is now #5k...these and more are the things that affect common man on the street... Buhari has failed.I'm not surprised he's a monumental failure, start packing your bags...Atiku will take over next year...if he failed we will send him away after four years, like that like that one day we'll get it right...some sets of retards can't take us for granted... e.g when Americans were tired of Demonrats, they voted for a political clown like Trump, alas he's doing well and moving America forward in his own way... what has the modafuka in aso rock done for the past 3 years...he brought hardship on us...if any zombie quote me...na thunder go strike you

lastmessenger:
At least you are doing good with your 30k bmc salary

Maybe in your village 30k can acquire 12 hectares of land.

You see a lot of you here are either still struggling to get into a higher institution or struggling to come out of one so I really do not blame you for the kind of comments that drool out of your minds and mouths.

If you can show me any place that this your imaginary payment of 30k which you claim I am being paid can buy 12 hectares of land then I will gladly run there to invest in farming too.

Any ideas?

Buterflyle0:


Maybe in your village 30k can acquire 12 hectares of land.

You see a lot of you here are either still struggling to get into a higher institution or struggling to come out of one so I really do not blame you for the kind of comments that drool out of your minds and mouths.

If you can show me any place that this your imaginary payment of 30k which you claim I am being paid can buy 12 hectares of land then I will gladly run there to invest in farming too.

Any ideas?

Don't mind the guys. Ask him to tell you about his cost and revenue breakdown.