Senator Abubakar Kyari, the minister of agriculture and food security, revealed yesterday that the federal government is bolstering an agricultural mechanization program called the "Greener Hope National Agricultural Productivity and Large Scale Mechanization Support Programme" with a $1 billion facility from private sector financing, amidst a nationwide protest looming over hunger and hardship across the nation. During a courtesy visit to the Ministry's Abuja headquarters, Kyari disclosed this during an introductory statement delivered by Prince Samuel Samuel, Chairman of Origin Tech Group. In order to promote agricultural mechanization and ensure food sufficiency in the nation, he claims that the program was designed by Messrs. Origin Nigeria Ltd. with input from the Ministry and authorized by the Federal Executive Council at its meeting on June 25, 2024.
