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Ladies & Gentlemen,

We are pleased to unveil AgriBiz, your Number 1 Reference hub for everything agribusiness in Nigeria.

AgriBiz is a crowdsourcing site, which depends majorly on the inputs of experts, practitioners and stakeholders in the Agric sector, we are therefore pleased to formally invite you to be part of the AgriBiz Team. It is our hope that through concerted efforts, together we will revolutionise Agribusiness practices and operations in our time and clime.

Please find below some of the ways you can be part of the AgriBiz movement as well as what you can do on the site:

1. Showcase Your Knowledge: Much has been said about the lack of information that is plaguing the Agric sector. We believe there are enough information out there, only that there is no platform where they can be shared by those who have them and then consumed by those who need them. On AgriBiz, experts in various crops and value chain have a unique opportunity to share their knowledge, either by posting fresh information or updating the ones already on the site for te benefit of all. To register as one of our esteemed contributors, please click here http://agribiz.info/register-contributor/

2. Update Your Knowledge: If you desire to update your knowledge on best practices, standards, regulations suppliers and other relevant information that makes for a risk-free venture in Agribusiness, then visit our Agriwiki page and type what you wish to know in the Search bar. The contents on the page are well arranged by categories to aid easy navigation. Please click here http://agribiz.info/agriwiki/

3. List Your Agribusiness Free: Are you a small, medium or large-scale concern and will like to get online visibility for your agribusiness? AgriBiz offers you an opportunity to list your business free of charge. It is advisable that you update your page from time to time to keep your business fresh and visible to visitors on the site. You can list your Agribusiness here https:///vqJi5Y

4. Announce Your Deals: Do you have special, seasonal or ongoing deals for consumers or practitioners in the Agric sector? Do you have farmlands, produce or equipment to sell? Then you should post your deals free of charge on our AgriDeals page. To do that, please click here http://agribiz.info/category/agrideals/

5. Get the latest AgriNews: Do you wish to get updates, trends, news and other developments in the Agric sector on a daily basis? Then you should visit our AgriNews page. There you will find latest news and developments curated from various mainstream media all in one place for your reading pleasure. Get the latest AgriNews here http://agribiz.info/category/agri-news/

6. Know Agric Events Holding in Your Area: Are you interested in knowing about free or paid Agric trainings, events, seminars, summits, etc you can be part of in your locale or state? Then you should bookmark our AgriEvents page to keep yourself abreast of such events and happenings. You can also Click here http://agribiz.info/category/agri-events/

7. Download Important Agric Reports and Resources: Another way you can update your knowledge or keep abreast of trends in the Agric sector is by visiting our AgriResources page to download reports, research documents and other important information that will help you to make informed decisions and choices in your Agric venture or career. Please download them here http://agribiz.info/agriresources/

8. Know Relevant Agribusinesses: If you require certain expertise to make a success of your agribusiness or you are looking for strategic partners, collaborators or market outlets, then you should look up our directory to see if you will find useful information there. In case you don’t find one you can readily contact yet, please check again later as we keep updating the site every day and contributors are also adding their own information by the hour as well. Check the directory here http://agribiz.info/business-directory/

9. Know Agric Research Institutes: Do you want to know what research institute covers your preferred crops in term of best practices from land preparation to harvesting? Or you wish to know where you can buy improved seedlings that will give you better and faster yields? Then check out the various research institutes with mandate on specific crops in Nigeria here http://agribiz.info/national-agricultural-research-institutes/

10. Know the Current Price of Commodities: Do you wish to visit the market or draw a budget for food commodities but don’t have an idea about current market prices? Our researchers at AgriBiz go out to find out the prices of food commodities from major markets and upload the data they come back with for your information. At the moment, we are only covering two markets in Lagos (Mile 12 & Oyingbo). We hope to add more markets across the nation to our list soon. To know the current prices for commodities from our catchment markets, please visit here http://agribiz.info/agriwiki/article/commodities-prices/

11. Donate to the Cause: You can also support or be part of the AgriBiz movement by generously donating to the project. To donate, please click here http://agribiz.info/donate/

Thanks for being part of the AgriBiz movement in any of the above listed ways and for helping us to forward this communication to your contacts who may find it useful. For further inquiry, please send us an email through mail@agribiz.info

Scooper, what do you mean by "be mindful of the battery, bulbs and brake light switch"?

I just purchased a 2006 LR3 V8 model too, Nigerian-used sha. But, I see all sorts of lights on. I called you on phone about these yesterday and I will drive it to your workshop tomorrow for a checkup. I'm still getting used to the car. So, I will appreciate your informed counsel on how best to take care of it without going bankrupt.

sooperrescue:
pros, everything you desire in a luxury brand but be mindful of the battery, bulbs and brake light switch. cons. dont ignore these three items. they are the main issues that makes d range perform well or create deep holes into your pocket

Hello guys,

I'm new here. And I hope I will learn a lot from everyone here as well as make my modest contributions as we proceed.

Thanks, Mr Patrick (ScooperRescue) for initiating this wonderful forum.

Cheers.

[center]STATEMENT FROM GOOD GOVERNANCE AND TRANSPARENCY COALITION (GGTC)

HOW CAN OKONJO-IWEALA APPOINT IGBOS WHO WERE ALREADY APPOINTED BEFORE SHE RETURNED AS MINISTER?[/center]

For several weeks now, there has been an orchestrated media campaign against the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala by groups and individuals who claim that they are fighting for their ethnic groups but who are actually fighting for their own very selfish interest.

The main part of the campaign is the claim that the minister is pursuing an Igbo agenda because she has appointed many Igbos as heads of agencies under her ministry. To support this false thesis, they cite as examples the following South Easterners in such positions:

• Mustapha Chike-Obi: DG, AMCON
• Arunma Oteh: DG, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
• Abraham Nwankwo: DG, Debt Management Office
• Osita Onyema, DG: Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE)

What is curious about the false charges is that all these persons and others who have also been cited were already in office by the time Okonjo-Iweala returned as Minister in September 2011! In fact one of them had been in office for almost five years before she came back. In other words she is being accused of appointing people who were appointed before her! This ridiculous accusation proves one thing: the people making such accusations against this hardworking nationalist are mischievous, ignorant or more likely both.

As part of this ungodly campaign, these elements also cite the appointment of Uche Orji as MD of the Nigerian Investment Authority late last year as more evidence of their discredited Igbo agenda. But these claims, like the other one, crash like a pack of cards when it is subjected to scrutiny. It is nothing but a big fat lie! Mr. Orji was adjudged the best following an international recruitment exercise conducted by KPMG, a respected global consulting agency. A titan of the Nigerian private sector, Mr. Fola Adeola was Chair of the Nominations Committee which also had distinguished Nigerians from all the geo-political zones. To suggest that these distinguished personalities did not do their jobs or that they were unduly influenced is highly unfair and highly disrespectful. Those making these claims are doing a great disservice to their country with their campaign of lies and innuendoes.

Now the campaigners are widening their net of lies. They are now fishing everywhere to find names of Igbos that they will claim were influenced by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. They are ready to do anything, spend any amount to tarnish her reputation as a patriot. To them the truth does not matter as long as they achieve their evil objectives.

The question that we must ask is: why are these people so afraid of excellence? Why are they so much against giving a chance for brilliant and qualified young Nigerians from ALL parts of the country and the diaspora to contribute their quota to national development? Why do they want to draw Nigeria back?

It is very clear that they are working for themselves not for Nigeria. Nigerians want the best for their country. They are clearly working against the interests of this country. But they will not be different from the many others who tried but failed to pull the wool over the eyes of Nigerians.

The good news is that Nigerians can see through their cheap antics. They know what Okonjo-Iweala stands for. They know that she is working for the good of Nigeria as a whole. They know she has the courage of her convictions. They know she loves Nigeria. That is why these conscienceless people will fail so that Nigeria can rise…

Now that this govt is finally showing that it cannot just bark, but can bite, by taking the cabals head on, refusing to pay billions of Naira in false subsidy claims and demanding the refund of even more billions already swindled off the system, the so called cabals are now fighting back. And have roped in NUPENG on their side to create artificial fuel scarcity all over the nation again.

Now, our question is, where are the Civil Society Groups that are always vocal in fighting for the rights of all Nigerians? Must we fight the govt alone? How about the few selfish ones in our midst who are sapping the resources of this country thru false means? Are we going to allow them to cripple our economic activities again with artificial fuel scarcity? This is an issue that affects all Nigerians.

Fuel scarcity or no fuel scarcity, Govt officials, senators and house of reps members would have fuel to use. The cabals would have fuel to use. It is innocent Nigerians like you and I that would bear the brunt.

Let's rise with one voice to condemn these fuel marketers and resist their antics and insult of our collective intelligence! Enough is enough!!!

Signed.
- Association of Conscientious Nigerians

THE BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION SAGA
Since when did the gluttons at our National Assembly abandon their selfish interests and start to care for the overall welfare of Nigerians?

And since when did the "release" of budgetary funds equal to the actual "implementation" of the budget? They must have thought Nigerians are as narrowminded as they are.

Abeg, make I hear word jare. Implementation ko, incrementation ni.

Where do you operate from?

How?

Please, tell me some more.