Why Nigeria needs good road for agriculture

Why Nigeria needs good road for agriculture - Ogbeh

- Minister of agriculture and rural development, Audu Ogbeh, said agriculture can be boosted and encouraged in the country through road construction

- Ogbeh, who described road as the greatest means of transportation, said good road network will help move produces from one zone to the others

- According to him, this will help unite the people of the country more than ever

Audu Ogbeh, the minister of agriculture and rural development, said good access roads in the country can boost agricultural production, open up business opportunities and further unite the country.

NAN reports that Ogbeh said this when he was addressing newsmen in Otukpo, Benue, after an inspection of federal roads.

Legit.ng gathers that Ogbeh said that in Nigeria, the largest means of transportation today was the road and good access roads played a major role in the movement of goods, products and humans.

He said: “Farmers tend to move their farm produce from the farms to available markets and people connect to other parts of the country using the roads as well

“The biggest means of transportation in Nigeria today is road transport; the rail system is just being rehabilitated which will take a long while.

“The road is only means of transportation of both human being and goods in Nigeria. Industrial goods and agricultural goods are produced in the rural areas and go to different parts, depending on economic endowments.

“Farmers grow crops in the north which are needed in the south, some grow in the south needed in the north; the fastest and easiest ways of moving these goods is by road, that is why we have to open the road because it is also helping to unite the country."

According to the minister, roads are not just the movement of products but a source that links and brings people together, thereby unifying the entire country.

Ogbeh added that the government planned to install cold room depots along highways to enable farmers and marketers to store perishable goods in order to prevent them from getting spoilt, thereby leading to wastage and loss.

He said: “We are to set them up and use solar energy to power those cold rooms. So when the trucks move them, they have no reason to delay, they can get to the market in good shape at the good price and farmers will be happy."

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that Nigeria might experience shortage of rice in 2019 if appropriate measures were not taken to replant after the recent flood mayhem in some states, Audu Ogbeh, the minister of agriculture and rural development warned.

Ogbeh gave the warning on Thursday, October 4, when speaking at the 2018 seed fair and farmers’ field day organised by National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) in Sheda, Abuja,

The minister advised farmers to use water that receded from the flood to replant rice to avoid shortage of the crop next year.

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