At the recent World Economic Forum, the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a historic speech that pulled the mask off a failed rule-based international system where super powers bully and control lesser powers and informed on the urgency for a better, just and equitable system. Carney rallied for middle powers to unite together, cooperate […]
The current Nigeria and France “renewed” relationship is what comes to my mind as I think about the recent X (Twitter) discourse I facilitated on slavery, colonialism, imperialism and the Nigerian Agriculture. Whether the renewed relationship means good for Nigeria? As Asiwaju visited Paris, signed among others to deepen commerce and diplomatic ties, was a […]
In 2023, agriculture contributed 25% of the Nigerian $375b GDP. This is a sum of $93.7b (value added). In the same year, ₦228.4b of the nation’s ₦221.83trn budget went to agriculture. It represents 1.05%. This is equivalent of $523.4m factoring in $435.75 FX rate benchmark of the 2023 budget. Hence, in the period of foucus […]
