Agriculture
Gov Inaugurates Agric Transformation Team
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State, has in Maiduguri inaugurated the newly constituted blamed Agriculture Transformation Team of the state government.
Shettima said at the ceremony that the constitution of the committee was aimed at finding solutions to the numerous challenges in agriculture sector.
He noted that the long period of neglect of the sector occasioned by the discovery of crude oil created the many challenges confronting the country today, including the problem of food insecurity.
He said it was sad that Nigeria spent more than N20 trillion on food imports annually.
“Nigeria has become a dumping ground for almost every food item from any country because of our inability to put to use our agricultural potential.”
The governor said that members of the team were selected on merit and urged them to live up to expectations.
The Chairman of the team, Alhaji Ibrahim Ali, pledged the commitment of the members toward reviving agriculture in the state, to provide employment for the teeming unemployed youths.