Nigeria’s Economic Resurgence Depends on Agriculture – President Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria’s hope of economic revitalisation depends on the rapid development of its agricultural and solid mineral resources.

The President said his administration was fully committed to facilitating the productivity of Nigeria’s agriculture and solid minerals sectors to save the nation from the harsh effects of dwindling crude oil prices.

According to his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President spoke in Riyadh on Tuesday at a meeting he had with leading members of the Council of Saudi Arabia’s Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

He had invited Saudi Arabian businessmen to invest in both agriculture and solid minerals, he said that his administration would welcome greater foreign investment in support of its efforts to rapidly diversify the Nigerian economy.

President Buhari regretted that the country had depended too much on crude oil exports to the neglect of other resources.