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We’ve all it takes to feed the entire world – Ministerial nominee, Ogah

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One of the 43 ministerial nominees President Muhammadu Buhari sent to the Senate, Uche Ogah, has boasted that Nigeria can feed the entire world.

Ogah, from Abia State and the first to be screened on Wednesday by the Senate, stated this when the lawmakers engaged him on issues bordering on the country’s dependence on oil.

“We don’t need to depend on only oil. I believe that if we develop our agricultural sector, we can equally develop, and create jobs for our teeming youths,” he said.

“Take for instance, if you build a farmland where you can house over 150 youths and you provide enabling accommodation for them and you give them all the necessary amenities. I can tell you that these youths will be powerful to turn an entire piece of land to something that will create revenue for the entire country.

“We as a nation can export and feed the entire world. We have a capacity, we have the population, we have all the resources that is required which is the human capital which is the best that is needed. So I believe that if we can do that, we can actually improve in this nation,” Ogah said.

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Ogah’s claim is coming at a time Nigeria is rated as the headquarters of the poorest people in the world.

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