maryjabeez:


Wow...
Wrote also today bhet mine was "describe a tym and lesson I learnt frm failure".

All of u pple looking for past question, I went thru all of dem notin came out. The test is vry simple trust me.

How many minutes were you allowed for the Quantitative section please?

Dharniel:


sent...

Please kindly help me with the past questions
Dankaronosa@yahoo.com
Thank you very much.

eella:
5 stages. Quantitative, (50 marks pass mark), Verbal (50 marks pass mark), then Essay, and PDA or psychometric test. My essay question was "in not more than 200 words, describe your three best accomplishments", yours may b different. My interview held next day.

Please how many questions is in the Quantitative and what areas would you advise us to focus on. Thanks.

hardlychase:
Please i'm scheduled for the test on the 16th in benin. Someone should kindly forward the past questions to my mail; siridefe1@gmail.com. Thanks and God bless!

I'm scheduled for the same day in Benin. Please help me with past questions. dankaronosa@yahoo.com
Thanks.

Faith21:
Please I need teststream materials ooooo

I am writing my test tomorrow.

kayodebisola22@gmail.com
Send it to my mail ASAP.



God bless you richly

HI,

Please kindly help me with the practice questions
dankaronosa@yahoo.com
Thanks

Hey everyone,

Has shortlisted candidate received the Username and password to the exam site? Just checking to be short i haven't been left behind in the process.

Anticipating quick responses.

Cheers.

dexpotter:

it's an online interview. just log into their page on the schedule date and take your test

Please can you throw a little light on what the test may entail and how one can go about preparing for it?

Thanks a lot.

Cheers.

Beboy23:


Am not here to ague any point with anybody or wage war against Aroms farm.

This is were i found my joy, being in this forum mean a lot to me, this is were i known Aroms farm. and when they call me for interview, I came back here to confirmed.
I just came here to warn my fellow Nigerian, its not easy to spend five years in university for someone to play with your career .if u like go and apply for job their, and if you are their and you are satisfy good luck to you, I have done my own patriotic duty. but before I go i have one message for Mr VolturiLord


Mr VolturiLord i have a prayer for you, after you and everybody that plan this have spend alot to send your children to school from primary level to university level , by the power in the blood of Jesus let them experience everything all the trainee experience at Aroms farm for the period of 3month i spend their, even to your 3rd generation.

Don't be bitter mahn, it could lead you to use a rope, a stool and a ceiling fan in inappropriate ways. Just move on and look to the future. I pray God bless you with an awesome job and open doors for you. Cheers mate.

Beboy23:


Am not here to ague any point with anybody or wage war against Aroms farm.
This is were i found my joy, being in this forum mean a lot to me, this is were i known Aroms farm. and when they call me for interview, I came back here to confirmed.
I just came here to warn my fellow Nigerian, its not easy to spend five years in university for someone to play with your career .if u like go and apply for job their, and if you are their and you are satisfy good luck to you, I have done my own patriotic duty. but before I go i have one message for Mr VolturiLord
Mr VolturiLord i have a prayer for you, after you and everybody that plan this have spend alot to send your children to school from primary level to university level , by the power in the blood of Jesus let them experience everything all the trainee experience at Aroms farm for the period of 3month i spend their, even to your 3rd generation.

Don't be bitter mahn, it could lead you to use a rope, a stool and a ceiling fan in inappropriate ways. Just move on and look to the future. I pray God bless you with an awesome job and open doors for you. Cheers mate.

Good Day Everyone,


I really did not want to be a part of this entire conundrum, but given the complexity of the situation I have no choice but to speak out. It just wouldn't be fair if a rebuttal wasn't issued by one of his co-trainees. I will try and keep this short.


I speak not for the management, but for myself and my fellow ex-trainees, some of which are currently employed by Aroms Farms Nig. Limited and some that aren't. It is quite sad when a single person chooses to undermine the philanthropic endeavour of our benevolent Chairman and the entire work of us all working at Aroms Farms.

As some of us may know, Agriculture is a hands on business. You don't get employment in a Farm and expect to be seated in an air conditioned building. Neither does one expect to be a manual labourer, especially after spending 5 years plus in a higher institution.

In a new Farm when processes and procedures are being ironed out and implemented, one has no choice but to be on field to supervise, inspect and motivate your workers and that is what we do here at Aroms Farms. Leadership is by example. My boss spends time with us on the field, he works with us come rain or shine and keep in mind that he pays the bills. Why shouldn't I also show that depth of dedication and fortitude.

Now, let's get down to the nitty-gritty of the problem at hand. 12 persons, myself included were invited to begin the Trainee process, 4 fell by the way side and 8 of us successfully completed said programme. To show how motivated the company was to empower us in our chosen field, have a human face and ensure the success of everybody involved, the total number of us were employed with a starting salary of 47,000 Naira. Emphasis on Starting.

There are lots of points raised by Mr. Omotosho that I find entirely fallacious.
1. We learnt quite a lot, apart from the Macro-propagation of Plantain and Banana, we learnt how to raise and market crops like Watermelon, Cucumber, Pumpkin, Papaya and many too numerous to mention. We learnt the tenets of dry season farming. I am not an Engineer, but I can comfortably set up the irrigation system for any type of crop/field. I wasn't taught this at school, I was exposed to such advanced technology at Aroms Farms.


2. Even as trainees, we were never subjected to labour as he stated. We had farm hands under us. Two Farmhands per trainees to be exact. We only had to do manual labour out of our own volition. In situations like when working on our own pet projects or when trying to show said Farmhands how to properly carry our some cultural farm practices. From my recollections, Blessing had to do Manual labour just thrice during the course of his tenure here, and this was mainly due to shortage of hands to carry out operations. We were right alongside him doing said labour, you don't find us screaming bloody murder. I personally have never been made to weed, I've dugged, but that's because I chose to do so. The Farmhands weren't doing what I wanted. So I can't help but wonder where he did such. It definitely wasn't here at Aroms Farms.

3. As agreed and stated in our employment letters, we were expecting 47,000 Naira at the end of the month, which amounts to N1666 per day. Blessing totally forgot to state the fact that he was absent for a entire week, taking a personal leave. I point this out in the spirit of having out all the facts, and not out of any desire to spite him.
3. Aroms Farms is not a failure. If his suggestions weren't implemented then that's because they weren't up to par. I've worked on numerous policies that were deemed worthy, workable and indeed implemented in the company. I totally and completely resent any suggestions and aspersions that misconstrued the work we do here.

In conclusion, Blessing was let go In conjunction with several other Trainees while the rest of us were left untouched. Please kindly ask him why this was. I would like him to give the real reason he was let go and not pin blame on kind fellows whose sole aim was to help us achieve something in life. This attack on Aroms Farms, where we choose to think of ourselves as a family is totally unwarranted, uncalled for, out of misplaced enthusiasm and unfettered access to the Internet. I call on you to disregard this entire epistle of an embittered malcontent and instead advise him to work on himself and build a better work ethic. I believe he he is about to go into farming himself, growing and selling Watermelon on a large scale. Where did he learn how to do such and find the confidence to embark on such a project if not at Aroms Farms? Kindly ask him this.

The Trainee Programme at Aroms Farms has been a life and game changing period for me, and if you're interested, I sincerely urge you to avail yourself of this opportunity. Like the age old adage goes; a stitch in time saves nine.

Kind Regards

Good Day Everyone,

I really did not want to be a part of this entire conundrum, but given the complexity of the situation I have no choice but to speak out. It just wouldn't be fair if a rebuttal wasn't issued by one of his co-trainees. I will try and keep this short.


I speak not for the management, but for myself and my fellow ex-trainees, some of which are currently employed by Aroms Farms Nig. Limited and some that aren't. It is quite sad when a single person chooses to undermine the philanthropic endeavour of our benevolent Chairman and the entire work of us all working at Aroms Farms.

As some of us may know, Agriculture is a hands on business. You don't get employment in a Farm and expect to be seated in an air conditioned building. Neither does one expect to be a manual labourer, especially after spending 5 years plus in a higher institution.

In a new Farm when processes and procedures are being ironed out and implemented, one has no choice but to be on field to supervise, inspect and motivate your workers and that is what we do here at Aroms Farms. Leadership is by example. My boss spends time with us on the field, he works with us come rain or shine and keep in mind that he pays the bills. Why shouldn't I also show that depth of dedication and fortitude.

Now, let's get down to the nitty-gritty of the problem at hand. 12 persons, myself included were invited to begin the Trainee process, 4 fell by the way side and 8 of us successfully completed said programme. To show how motivated the company was to empower us in our chosen field, have a human face and ensure the success of everybody involved, the total number of us were employed with a starting salary of 47,000 Naira. Emphasis on Starting.

There are lots of points raised by Mr. Omotosho that I find entirely fallacious.
1. We learnt quite a lot, apart from the Macro-propagation of Plantain and Banana, we learnt how to raise and market crops like Watermelon, Cucumber, Pumpkin, Papaya and many too numerous to mention. We learnt the tenets of dry season farming. I am not an Engineer, but I can comfortably set up the irrigation system for any type of crop/field. I wasn't taught this at school, I was exposed to such advanced technology at Aroms Farms.
2. Even as trainees, we were never subjected to labour as he stated. We had farm hands under us. Two Farmhands per trainees to be exact. We only had to do manual labour out of our own volition. In situations like when working on our own pet projects or when trying to show said Farmhands how to properly carry our some cultural farm practices. From my recollections, Blessing had to do Manual labour just thrice during the course of his tenure here, and this was mainly due to shortage of hands to carry out operations. We were right alongside him doing said labour, you don't find us screaming bloody murder. I personally have never been made to weed, I've dugged, but that's because I chose to do so. The Farmhands weren't doing what I wanted. So I can't help but wonder where he did such. It definitely wasn't here at Aroms Farms.

3. As agreed and stated in our employment letters, we were expecting 47,000 Naira at the end of the month, which amounts to N1666 per day. Blessing totally forgot to state the fact that he was absent for a entire week, taking a personal leave. I point this out in the spirit of having out all the facts, and not out of any desire to spite him.
3. Aroms Farms is not a failure. If his suggestions weren't implemented then that's because they weren't up to par. I've worked on numerous policies that were deemed worthy, workable and indeed implemented in the company. I totally and completely resent any suggestions and aspersions that misconstrued the work we do here.

In conclusion, Blessing was let go In conjunction with several other Trainees while the rest of us were left untouched. Please kindly ask him why this was. I would like him to give the real reason he was let go and not pin blame on kind fellows whose sole aim was to help us achieve something in life. This attack on Aroms Farms, where we choose to think of ourselves as a family is totally unwarranted, uncalled for, out of misplaced enthusiasm and unfettered access to the Internet. I call on you to disregard this entire epistle of an embittered malcontent and instead advise him to work on himself and build a better work ethic. I believe he he is about to go into farming himself, growing and selling Watermelon on a large scale. Where did he learn how to do such and find the confidence to embark on such a project if not at Aroms Farms? Kindly ask him this.

The Trainee Programme at Aroms Farms has been a life and game changing period for me, and if you're interested, I sincerely urge you to avail yourself of this opportunity. Like the age old adage goes; a stitch in time saves nine.

Kind Regards

I'm also interested in knowing if Agronomy (Crop Production) has began classes, and see a copy of the timetable if possible.

Lemme attempt to straighten out some few details missing in the various arguments so far.

1. Influence doesn't always connote power, especially in this situation. The influence of the Obi of Onitsha isn't cultural or even traditional, but rather granted by his status as a big shot before ascending the throne and also by the status of Onitsha as a centre for commerce. This can be likened to the case of the Alaafin of Oyo and the late Ooni of Ife, one could say the Late Ooni was more wealthy and thus influential than the Alaafin of Oyo, but that didn't make him more powerful. Power is granted by right of history and tradition. Even as a non- Igbo, it is glaring clear to me that the Obi of Onitsha is neither the most powerful traditional ruler in the East, nor is he the custodian of the Igbo culture, even if he might be termed to be the most influential. Hosting or receiving highly regarded personalities as guests in you Kingdom doesn't bestow that position to anyone. Culture and tradition does that instead. Let us not be moved by inconsequential rubble, but rather sift through the silts of history and sands of time to get the real gist.

2. No traditional ruler in the East is historically nor culturally enabled to be classed with the Sultan of Sokoto, Oba of Benin and the Ooni of Ife/Alaafin of Oyo. This is as a result of what some Nairalanders had explained prior. The Sultan of Sokoto is the embodiment of Islam in Nigeria, in matters of culture and religion, his word is law. Such also is the case of the other tradional rulers I mentioned before. They are worshipped as decendants of supernatural beings who made and shaped the earth. These kings are thought to hold absolute power over their subjects and are revered likewise The igbos on the other hand are more pragmatic. They do not recognise a central monarch and apart from the Obi of Onitsha and Agbor, whose thrones were inspired by (and pay homage to) the Throne of Benin, the Igbos have always regarded their traditional leaders with a healthy dose of skepticism and wariness which I must commend, as it reduces cases of abuse of power. As they say, absolute power corrupts absolutely.

This is neither an attempt at ethnic or any other forms of bigotry, I'm just following a rational train of thought, so please, present your counter arguments logically also.

navistar:
Hey guys.. congrats on getting the invitation for the aptitude test. I'm currently in a pool of confusion and I hope one of you can give me a life jacket. I got the first mail from the recruitment firm to prepare for the test, but till date, i'm yet to receive an official invitation with regards to Test date scheduling and what not. My present location is Abuja as stated on my application and CV. Could it be that, Abuja applicants are yet to receive their test invites? Or its in batches??

I don't think anyone has got the actual schedule for the test, just the invitation to start prepping for it. At least that's the only mail I've got so far......

Got a mail to prepare for an Aptitude Test, anybody else got this?

Bonapart:
Buhari and his terror boys

You're obviously mentally retarded!

richiepolymer:


Well....I'm sorry for your conclusion that I'm a student. your comments also create evidence that you are an ethnic bigot! I graduated from uniben several years ago. I have nothing against prof oshodin but for you to start defending him when I haven't accused him? u don report yourself already. have u ever visited any uni in foreign countries? and u tell me a uni shouldn't have inspiring architecture? u be olodo. heavy one. local champion. mind u. I'm full Edo blood.
what has GPA got to do with greatness? if you had a 5.00gpa, what have u invented with it? do u have any patent? mister cram and pass! lol

It's sad how you are unable to grasp the simple gist of what I'm trying to say. I wonder at what point I came across as an ethical bigot in that comment but I'd take your opinion with a pinch of salt. If I refer to you as a student, then it's because you sound like one, and a terrible one at that. I felt the need to defend him because I've come across people like you before, with no sense of direction and misplaced priorities. I would never say that a university shouldn't have inspiring and awe invoking architecture, but the question you should ponder in your pea-sized brain is if that's the main reason students are sent to school. To gaze at inspiring architecture, which have no impact on their educational pursuit while they have suffer from a wacked-up educational system skewed by the likes of yourself. And finally, the fact that you called me "mister cram and pass" shows that you're that exactly, and your mentality is so downtrodden that you simply assume everyone is like you.

Please don't cry after reading this abeg.

Valendo:
Got a mail in respect of the challenges I faced.

Kindly share the contents?

matilda02:
same here...supply too

I also applied for Supply. when did you complete your questionnaire?

Sigh..... so we are gonna be competing for the jobs with expatriates applicants also.

Ain't that just peachy?

jekormor:


Bro, you are not alone..... A friend of mine got regret mail despite the fact that his feedback report was superb coz we both analyzed it well. his responses were tailored on the good side in the report. he was not even anticipating a regret mail. dou he was not invited for the digital online video interview. he was sent a regret mail yesterday.

bro just move on..

I don't think peeps who haven't gotten the regret mail should give up just yet. I'm in the same shoes and my feedback was okay also. It's apparent they are inviting for the Digital Interview in batches, so I'm sure very soon we will get our own invite...... or regret mail and know our fate.

Cheers.

otukpo:


Yes, prizes came down. Except you don't live in Nigeria or go to the market.

The prizes of garri, rice, beans, bread, tomatoes, onions etc came down. Even at last year"s christmas, a bag of rice was still bought at 7500 unlike during obj time when it was as high as 15000. There was a time a tin of bean was bpught for 4500 but for long not its been between 2200 to 2500. Who does not remember when one small onion was sold up to 100-150 naira. Now you can buy the same size for 20 naira. The prize of bread was steady during gej time despite the increasing rate pf dollar. And so many items I can't contimue to list here.

When we see truth, make we talk am, that's how Nigeria can be better.

Boss, the price of rice was high during Obj's period because of the ban he placed on the importation of rice, the ban which in fact was put in place to stimulate internal production and processing of the said rice. If in fact imported rice was cheaper during GEJ's tenure then that's means people were importing willy nilly without regards to boosting local production.

And please, I don't know where you're living in Nigeria, but one small onion was never 100 Naira, at a point onions was expensive, but not that bad.

All sentiments aside though, I understand GEJ, through Adeshina and several Programmes and Platforms made a huge effort with Agriculture and I acknowledge that. I am certain PMB will continue with that legacy.

Cheers.

mykl01:


Until you have a different set of facts, figures and indices, you should not complain. If farms have not held their own, by now we should be importing garri. Give credit to whom it's due.

Please don't get me wrong. I'm neither saying that he didn't do a good job nor refusing to give credit to whom it is due. I'm just saying as an Agronomist who has actively followed the workings of the GEJ government on Agriculture, I would take Adeshina's words with a pinch of salt. He did well, but not as much as he's trumpeting. All in all, let's hope PMB builds up on what's already on ground and complete the revitalization of the sector

BekeeBuAgbara:
Facts and figures from the former minister, but i doubt if Lara husband is ready to learn.

That's how the PDP has been confusing you all with "facts and figures" since 1999. I would have thought that by now una go don learn. This wonderful progress that looks so good on paper, how has it affected you personally? How you felt a Paradigm shift in Agriculture from your spending as a consumer? Please be reasonable and logical, make them no dey bobo us again.

aijazNija:
Immediate past Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has slammed Edo State Governor, Adams Oshimhole, for describing the Agricultural Programme of former president Goodluck Jonathan as a scam.
Adesina, who is warming up to assume office as the President of the African Development Bank next month, said it was unbecoming of Oshimhole to tag Jonathan’s Agricultural Transformation Agenda, ATA, as a dismal failure.

In a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media, Dr. Olukayode Oyeleye, the former minister said it was most uncharitable for the governor who was in a better position to know the success of the ATA to attempt to discredit it for reasons best known to him.
Disagreeing with Oshimhole, Adesina insisted that the ATA was a real success story and not a sham as claimed by the governor

“Foremost, it is a bad public relations stunt, not expected from the governor. Secondly, his comments detract from the ATA – a reform that was vigorously pursued and implemented by Dr Akin Adesina, now president elect of African Development Bank,” the former minister said.

” For reasons of safeguarding the economy and strengthening the confidence of the international community in Nigeria, genuine efforts towards ensuring food security and diversifying the economy away from oil should not be subjected to cheap politics as the negative impact that follows such public comments could be to the nation’s detriment.

Governor Oshiomole ought to know better that, under ATA, efficient distribution of subsidised farm inputs – also known as the Growth Enhancement Support Scheme (GESS), reached 14.3million farmers with 1.3million MT of fertiliser, 102,703 metric tons of improved rice seeds, 67,991 metric tons of improved maize seeds, 6,171 metric tons of improved cotton seeds, 130 million stems of cassava, 45.5million seedlings of cocoa, nine million seedlings of oil palm amongst many other crops between 2012 and 2014.

“Those inputs helped produce an additional 21million MT of food that has acted as a buffer against inflation with the devaluation of the Naira.

“At a time that the nation desperately needs to build upon the achievements of the immediate past minister of agriculture, Governor Oshiomole can only do the Edo people some good by recognising the fact that lending by commercial banks to agriculture increased from 0.07 per cent in 2011 to five per cent in 2014 while banks lent a total of N27.5 billion to fertiliser and seed companies.

“As the chief executive of a state so blessed with natural resources so highly favourable to productive agriculture, Governor Oshiomhole ought to think rather on how to make Edo more enterprising. In doing so, an area he is expected to be more interested in, should be agriculture.

“For that reason, Governor Oshiomhole ought rather to be keen on how the intervention that brought agriculture from policy oblivion to a sector that is now widely embraced could be replicated in Edo State within the remaining number of months he has to spend as a governor.

“He ought to have been asking, for instance, the erudite, resourceful and hardworking former minister, how he was able to achieve so much within so short a time.

“If Governor Oshiomhole knows how to play the politics well, he should be thinking of how to leverage on the former minister’s growing relevance at the continental level as the new head of the biggest development financial institution in Africa.

” He is supposed to be expressing interest in the increased investment in the fertilizer sector totaling $5billion from major companies such as Indorama, Dangote, and Notore.

” He should have been asking his special assistants to study how usage also rose from 13kg per hectare in 2011 to 80kg in 2014, or how seed companies in Nigeria grew from 11, producing 14,000 metric tons of improved seeds, to 134 companies doing 174,000 metric tons of seeds.

“The governor should be asking how Nigeria become the world leader in the use of ICT to reach farmers directly with farm inputs and how the World Bank is trying to scale out this efficient system of ensuring high productivity of small holder farmers across Africa.

“It is grossly unfair for Governor Oshiomhole not to recognise that ATA of 2011 to 2014 was Nigeria’s equivalent of the ‘green revolution’ that took place in Asia in the 1960s and 1970s, where new highly productive varieties of rice and wheat, and the chemical fertilisers that helped them achieve their potential, led to a doubling and tripling of yield and self-sufficiency.

“Particularly troubling is the fact that a political leader of a State as enlightened as Edo State could feign ignorance at the fact that the number of integrated rice mills, needed to produce parboiled rice, preferred by Nigerians, has grown from just one in 2010 to 24 in 2014.

“Equally worrisome is he fact that he is unaware that our parboiled rice milling capacity increased from 70,000 metric tons to 800,000 metric tons. His former colleague in Lagos, at some point, had bought as many as 56 trailer loads of paddy rice from Kebbi (a major massive producer of rice under ATA) for processing into ‘ Eko Rice ‘ brand in Lagos. It means Governor Oshiomhole’s criticism is fraught with irregularities.

“Realising that the demand for import quality-grade parboiled rice was estimated at 2.5million Metric tons (MT) in Nigeria, the gap in milling capacity prompted the Federal Executive Council to approve a N9billion fund to support private sector companies to acquire nine new 36,000 metic tons per annum factories to further raise the capacity to 1.2million MT, leaving a national supply gap of 1.3million MT that was to be met by controlled imports under the new rice policy.

“The new Rice Policy, aimed at reducing the amounts of rice imports and instead encourage new domestic rice investments in the nation, has led to new investments in rice production and milling of over N500billion, including N200billion by Aliko Dangote, of which a 200,000MT per annum mill and 10,000 hectares will be located in Edo State. Is Governor Oshiomhole aware of this?
The former minister also lambasted Oshimhole for claiming that the past government frittered away over N800billion on waivers for rice millers and others, killing local rice production and making agriculture unattractive.
He made it clear that contrary to the governor’s claim, the total amount owed the government by rice importers, who imported beyond their approved limit, is estimated at N30billion, an information that is conspicuously displayed on the website of the Nigerian customs.

“It has to be emphasised here again that it was the immediate Dr Adesina that the took up the fight against the erring importers, asking them to pay what they owed the government.

“The truth is that under ATA, Nigeria has made giant strides towards achieving self-sufficiency in rice. Between 2011 and 2014, a total of six million rice farmers were reached with improved rice seeds and fertiliser and an additional two million hectares cultivated.

“National paddy rice production rose by an additional 7 million MT and the nation reached 85 per cent sufficiency in rice production.

” Furthermore, for the first time in Nigeria, rice cultivation is twice a year, in the wet and dry seasons. We have also seen the rise of thousands of small mills fitted with destoners and polishers producing parboiled rice of similar quality as imported rice. With the new investment in large scale rice mills, imported rice will soon become a thing of the past.

“The governor may wish to ask the leader of the cocoa value chain, an illustrious son of Edo State, who served under the immediate past minister of agriculture in revolutionising cocoa production, Edo was one of the biggest beneficiaries of the efforts to increase cocoa production base through the free distribution of cocoa pods for raising seedlings in many farms in the cocoa-producing states.

” In the Oil Palm value chain, a total of 9 million sprouted oil palm sprouted nuts were distributed to 45,353 small and large oil palm estate owners between 2013 and 2015. Additional Crude Palm Oil (CPO) production due to these interventions is projected to be 400,000 MT of crude oil palm which would close the gap of 350,000MT of crude oil palm that is currently being imported. There has been well over N100billion new investment in crude oil palm production in the country.

“Nigeria’s agriculture sector has undergone major reforms and transformation in the past three and a half years under the leadership of the immediate past Honorable Minister of Agriculture and President-elect of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina.

“Governor Oshiomhole would benefit from data originating from the National Bureau of Statistics, showing that the agricultural sector grew by 9.19 per cent (year-on-year) in the third quarter of 2014, up by 2.7 per cent from Q3 of 2013. The agricultural sector grew by 38.53 per cent between 3rd and 4th quarters of 2014, with crop production being the main driver, with a growth of 43.5 per cent. The Agricultural Transformation Agenda has proven to be a well-thought-out policy with great gains for Nigeria.

“It was Philip Asiodu, the former super permsec who recently opined that ‘What has killed this country is the refusal of any new government to build upon what their predecessors had done.”

” If ATA is allowed to continue as conceived and implemented under Adesina, Nigeria could reach an additional 32 million farmers by 2019, up from 14.5million farmers reached with inputs between 2012 to 2014, reaching at least 8 million of unemployed youths.

” Under ATA, a production of 7.1 million MT per annum of rice paddy was achieved With the new investments in milling, milling capacity could rise to 5 million MT and Nigeria will be self-sufficient in rice production by 2017. It is indeed shameful for a country like Nigeria to import rice
Should ATA continue, cassava processing capacity, currently just below 100,000MT/annum and a bane of the cassava industry, will be raised to 675,000MT per annum by 2019. Same thing with maize production, from the achievement of over 12 million MT/annum in 2014 (compared to 9million MT/year in 2011), we will increase this to 18 million MT/annum by 2019 to accommodate the rise in demand for food, poultry feed, and maize for the milling industry.

“For Sorghum, we will go from 9.76million MT in 2014 to 13 million MT by 2019 to cater for the increase in demand from the malted sorghum and high energy food markets. We can produce 1.2million MT of soybean by 2019, up from 700,000MT achieved in 2014 (compared to 500,000MT in 2011).

“Same for cotton, from 240,000MT/annum in 2014 ( was 125,000MT in 2011) to 500,000MT/annum by 2019, Cocoa production from 350,000MT exported/annum in 2014 to 700,000MT exported/annum by 2019; crude oil palm, production from 800,000MT/annum in 2014 to 1.6million MT/annum in 2019 and Nigeria will become self-sufficient in CPO.

“It is uncharitable and against the interest of Nigerian public to politicise issues of agriculture and food security as Governor Oshiomhole did in his criticisms of that sector.

- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/you-goofed-on-jonathans-agricultural-programme-adesina-tells-oshimhole/#sthash.zJRloXSJ.dpuf

Correct me if I'm wrong but did the price of Garri decrease in the market? Did rice? Is tomatoes cheaper? Are farmers in reality actually getting inputs and incentives and not just in paper? Do local government councils no still sell fertilisers they were supposed to distribute to farmers at subsidised prices? Do Agricultural graduates have jobs in the oh "so magical and wonderful" alter reality that Adeshina has just described?

#ijustdontbelieveit

fransixe:

The Scheme of Service or Public Service Rule allows Top Gov't personnel certain benefits @ the end of their Service yr.... some of these benefits include the cars they use among other things. Am not of the opinion that they should pilfer anything or not to return the excesses they have taken outta office...no! what i want is for them[incumbent govt] to move beyond this "returning second hand cars" and start providing those things they promised us...

I dunno how closely you followed the campaign, but this "returning of second hand cars" is one of those things promised us. If not for anything but to build discipline in public office holders then I support this wholeheartedly.

fransixe:
exactly ma point....they ain't gonna use them. the incumbent will end up auctioning it to themselves... we ought to have moved past this stage by now...i agree to the retuning of the monies they stole; but not their gen set na...

That's where you're making a mistake. It's the norm that new things has to be bought every time regardless of the cost and waste but that doesn't it right. It's one of the things PMB will also address, hopefully. Any thing worth doing is worth doing well. It's a perk of the office and when you leave the office, you leave it behind, except you're legally allowed to go with it. Even if it's going to end up being auctioned off for new ones that doesn't stop people from having integrity and strength of character. Taking things is actually called pilfering in the work place and you're saying that our so called leaders should be allowed to get away with it. Which means if you're given an opportunity you would do such also.

Benoxvals:


State your proof of the stealing of you have any beside we should be aiming forward not backwards..I can understand the need to recover govt massive properties and looted funds but Generators?? Something is got to give mehn..

You're making the mistake of thinkinking about the Generators in the "I better pass my neighbour" sense. You should know how much a large, sturdy, soundproof diesel generator costs. Imagine the cost of replacing it each and every time a new political appointment or the likes is made. It would run into millions of Naira. Imagine that trend nation wide, and then you'll understand where they are coming from. It's better economics if everything were returned and not just the "massive" ones, and it sends a message also. Such is no longer condoned, so don't think about it! It's just not about being faithful in the big things, it's the not-so-little-things-also.

Flojoh1:
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erico2k2:

I wil take your word with a pinch of salt, reason sited would be *Like you I wont generalize, Nigerians do vote on tribal and regional basis.If i go by waht you are saying then we should hold PMB to account in service delivery as per election campaign and promises.now haven said that, how long do you think would be too long on him to deliver on his promise of =N=5000 for undergraduates without jobs?would the degree which you hold him in high integrity decrease?

We should definitely hold him to account on all his campaign promises, in all ramifications. I would however bring to your notice something of great importance to this discussion. Take the N5000 for unemployed graduates you mentioned. PMB was serious about it enough to actively outline ways in which he means to generate income to fulfill said promise. Some of which are; reduction in government spending, waste and a total clamp down on corruption. All of which I'm sure we can all attest that he is earnestly working on. Please bear in mind that he has only held power for less than a 100 days. Let him generate the income, and then, he will fulfil his promises, from the looks of things, I'm very sure of this.

PS: I see your point, Nigerians also vote on ethnic and religious basis. Said reasons that made me reluctant to generalise earlier on. I guess I should reprase and say "informed, enlightened and open-minded Nigerians voted him in on the basis of his integrity ".

erico2k2:

I agree with you to some xtent but lets be honest, where were we with power during the OBJ era 8 years lest we 4get,so would this be a thing of the party or the person, to me I would say it was the party rather teh person cos if PMB came under PDP he would have lost the election still cos people where tired of PDP don't you agree?

Let's get something straight. Nigerians didn't vote for APC per se. Or rather lemme not be too quick to generalise. I personally didn't support the APC party, because truth being told, it's full of people who simply jumped overboard from a doomed and sinking ship to one under full sail. We supported a beacon on integrity in the midst of blatant greed and sanctioned corruption. We supported somebody that we could say would not fall prey to manipulations and pressure. Someone who could rise above it all and maybe deliver the promises made during the campaigns. The integrity of PMB bolstered APC's presidential aspirations. So I would definitely say this is a thing of the person (Buhari) and not the party.