The import of that media blitz of the Speaker’s is that the elite clearly understands that agriculture holds the key to sustainable development. The cheering news about this is that it is not just the elites that are given to the idea of investing in agriculture. We have entertainers like music star, D’Banj, who has commercialized his farm produce with the popular Koko garri, actress Halima Abubakar, veteran actor Yinka Quadri, the ‘jaga-jaga’ crooner, Eedris Abdulkareem, film producer and actor, Taiwo Hassan amongst a host of others. Let’s take the case of former journalist Rotimi Williams who is reputed to own the second largest commercial farm rice in the country. Without a doubt, the U.S. and China are in a bitter trade war with agricultural produce at the centre of it.

Source: The Guardian May 14, 2018 09:33 UTC