By Waheed Adekunle, Osogbo
The Coordinating Director, Osun State Ministry
of Agriculture, Food Security and Youth
Engagement, Dr. Bukola Aluko, has implored the
federal government to be more consistent in its
agricultural policies and programmes.
Aluko said if truly the country was ready to
make agriculture the mainstay of her economy,
thus, all hands must be on deck to ensure its
actualization.
The Coordinating Director stated this in a chat
with our correspondent in Osogbo, Osun state
capital.
Dr. Aluko who called on President Muhammadu
Buhari to declare emergency in agricultural
sector, said the country has gotten to a stage
where viable agriculture is required to survive.
The agricultural expert stressed the need to
rescue the country from her present economic
predicament, saying the time has come for
Nigerian government to go back to the drawing
board and map-out pro-agriculture policies and
programmes.
Aluko who decried over the growing rate of
unemployment in the country, said improved
agriculture would have solved the challenged if
it had been prioritized by government as it
remains the only realistic channel to wealth
general and job creation anywhere in the world.....
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