Do more to revamp agriculture, economy, Clark urges FG

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Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has called on the Federal Government to do more to revamp the agriculture sector and the economy.

in Abuja, said it had become necessary for the country to explore all available means to reposition the agriculture sector to cushion the shortfalls from oil revenue in the near future.

He also stressed that the country’s projected population explosion and the recently signed Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement, were issues that Nigeria should not take lightly.“One of my greatest fears for Nigeria is the signing of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement. “If a country like Malaysia and other countries, which were behind Nigeria in terms of export in the 60s, were able to fix their economies largely through proceeds from agriculture, then there is something Nigeria is not doing right to have lost that position.

 

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