{"id":681764,"date":"2019-08-15T09:04:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T09:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\t\t\n<p><strong>President Buhari<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Buhari has expressed gratitude to Nigerian youth for \u201ctaking agriculture seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a post monitored by <strong><em>DGN Online<\/em><\/strong> on his official Facebook page,"},"modified":"2019-08-15T09:04:19","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T09:04:19","slug":"buhari-thanks-nigerian-youth-for-becoming-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/15\/buhari-thanks-nigerian-youth-for-becoming-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari Thanks Nigerian Youth For Becoming Farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>President Buhari<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Buhari has expressed gratitude to Nigerian youth for \u201ctaking agriculture seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a post monitored by <strong><em>DGN Online<\/em><\/strong> on his official Facebook page, the Nigerian leader said through farming, Nigeria has the potential to feed its entire population as well as create jobs and prosperity for large numbers of Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that \u201cI commend all the young entrepreneurs who are heeding the call.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, some States like Kebbi, Ogun, Lagos, Jigawa, Ebonyi and Kano were also leading the way in taking advantage of the Federal Government\u2019s policies on agriculture,and are already seeing results. <\/p>\n<p>He urged other States to emulate them, and plug into the ongoing revolution to feed Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are taking our focus on agriculture to the next level\u201d, he said, adding that \u201cin our first term, we partnered with Morocco to revive abandoned fertilizer blending plants across the country, and also introduced the Anchor Borrowers\u2019 Program to provide cheap credit to small scale farmers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>BY Melvin Tarlue<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Buhari President Buhari has expressed gratitude to Nigerian youth for \u201ctaking agriculture seriously.\u201d In a post monitored by DGN Online on his official Facebook page, the Nigerian leader said through farming, Nigeria has the potential to feed its entire population as well as create jobs and prosperity for large numbers of Nigerians. 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