Agriculture is my number one priority - Buhari

Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari stated that his government will continue to give agriculture priority, because of its importance.

President Muhammadu Buhari

President Buhari said this will be possible via programmes and initiatives designed to motivate Nigerians, in order to produce sufficient food to feed the country.

The president revealed this at a send-off meeting with Hoang Ngoc Ho, the out-going Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on Tuesday, August 9 at the State House in Abuja.

In a statement issued by Garba Shehu, senior special assistant on media to President Buhari, he said the significant importance of agriculture is one of the number one agenda of the Buhari-led government in order to achieve food self-sufficiency, economic revival and jobs creation.

“We are hoping to motivate fellow Nigerians to work hard in this regard. We will continue to work closely with other countries to re-orient Nigerians towards their active involvement in the sector.

We believe that the impressive agricultural developmental strides achieved by countries such as Vietnam, especially after the 1975 war, will be replicated here.” President Buhari stated.

In addition, the president congratulated Vietnam for choosing the correct priorities that have led Nigeria to feed itself and feed the world.

“Your country deserves to be congratulated on this achievement,” Buhari told the Ambassador.

Likewise, Ambassador Ho showed his satisfaction with the growth in relations recorded during his tenure between Vietnam and Nigeria. The Ambassador cited basically the cooperation with a good number of Nigerian states in the area of agriculture, which is producing remarkable results.

The Vietnamese Ambassador stated that Vietnam was ready to play a major role in the economic diversification schemes of the federal government under President Buhari.