The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has appointed Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi Statas the Chairman of the Agricultural Development Committee of his Presidential Campaign Council.
Naija News reports that the former Governor of Lagos State made the announcement on Monday in Minna at a town hall meeting with farmers and agro-commodity groups.
In a statement on Tuesday, the Special Adviser to governor Bagudu on Media, Yahaya Sarki, stated his principal is to chair the committee that would fashion out the blueprint for the agriculture sector for Tinubu.
Sarki added that Tinubu advised the agricultural stakeholders that all recommendations and memoranda on agriculture be channelled to the committee.
The statement reads: “Governor Atiku Bagudu is to chair the committee of the leadership of farmers sectorially.
“The proposal Gov. Atiku has brought contains the most critical, the most promising roadmap to the prosperity of the country and to general agricultural development and future of Nigeria.’’
Sarki stated that Tinubu also extolled the various contributions of his principal to the development of the agricultural sector in the country.
He added that Bagudu accepted the appointment and promised to consolidate on the agricultural revolution achieved by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration on food security.
This article was originally published on Naija News
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