Friday, 2 September 2016

1 YEAR AFTER SUSPENSION?PRESIDENT BUHARI MAKES U-TURN, REVIVES JONATHAN'S AGRIC POLICY

President Muhammadu Buhari led federal government on Wednesday said it will revive the E-wallet system for fertiliser allocation and distribution, which was initiated by former president Goodluck Jonathan, a year after suspending it.The Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, made the announcement after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting.The restart of the e-wallet fertilizer scheme represented another economic policy reversal by the Buhari administration, it had earlier dumped. Recall,The e-wallet system was part of the Growth Enhancement Support scheme introduced by former Goodluck Jonathan administration to address the menace of middlemen in the fertilizer supply chain, which experts identified as a challenge for farmers at the time.

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