Invest In Farming – Senator Ndume Tells Youths

Borno South Senator, Ali Ndume, has advised Nigerian youths not to neglect farming and investment in agriculture.

Ali Ndume said the foundation of economic growth and self-reliance lay in productive ventures. He urged the youths to explore entrepreneurship and invest in livestock farming.

In a brief post on his X handle on Saturday, the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain stated that there are great opportunities for wealth creation in agriculture.

“Youths, the foundation of economic growth and self-reliance lies in productive ventures. Engage in agriculture, explore entrepreneurship, and invest in livestock farming. These sectors hold immense opportunities for wealth creation and community development,” Ndume said.

Meanwhile, former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has advised President Bola Tinubu’s government against embracing nepotism in appointments into the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL).

El-Rufai stated this while reacting to a column by Professor Farooq Kperogi, on Saturday, who alleged that President Tinubu intends to replace Mele Kyari as NNPCL boss in 2025, with Bayo Ojulari.

Professor Kerogi decried that the President was following the example of former president, Muhammadu Buhari, in alleged nepotism.

“I frankly hadn’t been paying attention to the internal dynamics at the NNPC, but the acquaintance pointed out that Yoruba people now occupy major positions at the NNPC and that a certain Bayo Ojulari is being proposed as GMD after Mele Kyari’s term expires early next year.

“Tinubu is doing in the economy sector what Buhari did in the security sector. The minister of finance, the governor of the central bank, and every other consequential agency in finance is headed by a Yoruba man. I am not sure Nigeria has ever seen this level of extreme, state-sanctioned ethnocentric domination of a critical segment of national life.

“Appointing another Yoruba individual as the head of the NNPC would complete what many already perceive as the ethnic capture of Nigeria’s economic nerve center. It would not only cement Tinubu’s image as an insensitive ethnocrat but also exacerbate public discontent and foster deeper divisions in an already polarized nation,” Kperogi wrote.

Reacting to the column, El-Rufai wrote, “Two wrongs do not make a right. Sensible inclusion always trumps arrogant exclusion!!”