Recent findings by ActionAid Nigeria has revealed that each of the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory loses an estimated N94.5 billion yearly to post-harvest losses. According to the body, if the N3.5 trillion lost to post-harvest losses by the entire country is divided across the …
Read More »Rethinking Africa’s Policy for Agricultural Transformation, By Saliu Bashiru
The Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Program (CAADP) is Africa’s Policy Framework for Agricultural Transformation, Wealth Creation, Food- Security and Nutrition, economic growth and prosperity for all. In 2003, the African Union (AU) assembly of head of States and Government adopted the Maputo declaration on CAADP, setting broad targets of 6% …
Read More »Nigerian Govt Lacks Records of 3 Years’ Stamp Duties Remittances
The ActionAid, a civil society organisation, has alleged fraud in Nigeria’s tax regime, saying there was no records of stamp duties remittances to the federal government coffers in the past three years. The allegation was contained in a communique issued at the end of a two-day National Tax Summit organised …
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