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GEJ Acclaimed Success In Agriculture- Fake by Yeske2(m): 3:29am On Feb 02, 2015 |
http://www.punchng.com/news/jonathans-acclaimed-success-in-agric-sector-fake-apc/ The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation on Sunday described President Goodluck Jonathan administration’s acclaimed success in the agriculture sector as a ruse. The campaign organisation in a statement by its Director of Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the woeful performance of the Jonathan Administration in the agricultural sector was evident from its failure to fulfil its promise that Nigeria would be self-sufficient in rice and wheat production by 2015. “President Jonathan has failed woefully in the agricultural sector, and all the self-praise of the administration on agriculture is simply a ruse,” the statement read in part. The statement also picked hole in the claim of government that farmers were now having unhindered access to fertiliser through the Growth Enhancement Scheme. It stated that President Jonathan had promised in 2010 to make Nigeria self-sufficient in rice and wheat production by 2015, however, “the grim reality on the ground today is that Nigeria emerged as the world’s highest importer of rice in 2015, and a whopping $11bn is spent annually by Nigeria to import rice, wheat, sugar and fish.” The statement also quoted a former Acting Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Sarah Alade, as saying that Nigeria as at 2014 spent $ 4bn on rice importation – “that is about N600bn annually on the importation of 2.1 million metric tonnes of milled rice. “This is after the Federal Government had approached the China Exim Bank for a loan of $ 1.2bn for the financing of 100 large-scale rice processing plants with a total capacity of 2.1 million metric tonnes. “The troubling truth today, is that Nigeria is nothing close to self-sufficiency in rice production and what we have at hand is a close web of corruption where government cronies stumble over each other to get import licences for rice.” The APC also noted that a similar unacceptable situation pertained to the importation of wheat, saying, “According to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, Nigeria’s wheat consumption as of year 2,000 was about two million metric tonnes. “But, by 2010, wheat importation to the country had risen to four million metric tonnes and Nigeria spends N635bn annually on wheat importation. “Five years into the Jonathan’s administration, Nigeria spends even more than we did in 2010 to import wheat; yet the government continues to brandish false achievements in the agricultural sector – a situation that is completely at variance with what President Jonathan promised Nigerians in 2010, saying that his government would make Nigeria save N635bn annually on rice and wheat importation.” On fertiliser accessibility to farmers, the APCPCO faulted the claim by the government that local farmers had unhindered access to fertiliser through the Growth Enhancement Scheme. On the contrary, the campaign group said what was getting to each farmer under the e-wallet arrangement, described as “excessively labourious and technically difficult for the farmers to work through” were two bags of fertiliser throughout the entire farming season. It added, “And government has not come out in one instance to tell Nigerians how much it receives as grants on fertiliser distribution to farmers from donor agencies.” “The government will want to give us the impression that fertiliser is being given to farmers free of charge. But we know that what subsists is a 50 per cent subsidy per bag of fertiliser. Our farmers are being shortchanged under this so- called e-wallet arrangement because of lack of transparency. “We may be looking at another subsidy scam over fertiliser unless the Jonathan administration comes out clean to tell us how much it has received as grants over fertiliser and how it comes about the 50 per cent subsidy per bag of fertiliser.” |
Re: GEJ Acclaimed Success In Agriculture- Fake by decode55(m): 3:51am On Feb 02, 2015 |
what do you expect from a party projecting an 83year old man as its presidential candidate? A serial loser & an illiterate at that? These fools fail to realize development is a step-by-step process. Its a pity when you see grown-ups behaving & thinking like toddlers. [size=28pt] GEJ till 2019 [/size] sha 3 Likes |
Re: GEJ Acclaimed Success In Agriculture- Fake by Yeske2(m): 4:12am On Feb 02, 2015 |
^^^ Why not counter the claims of APC before brining in the usual PDP line of age, cert,religion etc? 2 Likes |
Re: GEJ Acclaimed Success In Agriculture- Fake by decode55(m): 4:17am On Feb 02, 2015 |
Yeske2: counter what? To who? These paid apc e-thugs? That would be an exercise in futility 4 Likes |
Re: GEJ Acclaimed Success In Agriculture- Fake by realnaijaa: 4:20am On Feb 02, 2015 |
I have always told people around me that the so called revolution is a fake.take the issue of rice for instance.with the various stat been given by Adesina ,I tell you buy now made in Nigerian rice should be the Oder of the day.what do we get .I Still eat Thai rice.even the local Ofada is still very expensive and it is not common in the market..enough of all the fake propaganda on local rice.they even claim now that the local rice are been branded with thai styled packaging .that what we eat atimes are local rice.This is the greatest of all lies. |
Re: GEJ Acclaimed Success In Agriculture- Fake by Yeske2(m): 4:20am On Feb 02, 2015 |
decode55:I am dear so don't blame me but you need to counter what APC said about the much acclaimed agric reforms in the country. |
Re: GEJ Acclaimed Success In Agriculture- Fake by Yeske2(m): 4:22am On Feb 02, 2015 |
realnaijaa:Do you mind the ruling party with it's reeling of stats everyday that doesn't touch the life of the ordinary man on the street. |
Re: GEJ Acclaimed Success In Agriculture- Fake by decode55(m): 4:22am On Feb 02, 2015 |
Yeske2: I'd rather use my time for something else |
Re: GEJ Acclaimed Success In Agriculture- Fake by Yeske2(m): 4:25am On Feb 02, 2015 |
decode55:Running off i guess, supporting with no basis. |
Re: GEJ Acclaimed Success In Agriculture- Fake by Nobody: 6:19am On Feb 02, 2015 |
Sometimes I get the feeling God has a hand in all these, He doesn't want to leave us in the dark, He's exposing all the wicked manipulations of the saTANoids.... God na elele. |
Re: GEJ Acclaimed Success In Agriculture- Fake by 0700Jesse(m): 6:35am On Feb 02, 2015 |
decode55: oga help me enlighten these semi-illiterates |
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