Dr Mohammad Abubakar
Federal Government has approved the sum of N6 billion for the construction of new corporate headquarters for the Ministry of Agriculture.
The proposed headquarters, to be named Agriculture House, would comprise a 10- storey building that would be sited in the cadastral zone of the Federal Capital Territory.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Cr Mohammad Abubakar, stated this while briefing newsmen shortly after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday in Abuja.
He said that since the relocation of the ministry to Abuja over 30 years ago, that they have been using a temporary office.
"We are currently using an office provided by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) which is just about three floors and cannot accommodate the entire ministry.
“So, the FCTA has allocated a plot to us in the cadastral zone, totalling about 1.84 hectares at a very strategic place for the construction of a 10-storey building which we will call Agriculture House,” he added.
Abubakar informed that the ministry had purchased a building years back which turned out to be inconducive, promising that the proceeds realised from the sale of the building would be used to commence the project.
The minister was optimistic that the ministry would source for more funds through intervention from the presidency and other sources to complete the project.
On the rising cost of rice, Abubakar said that the government has intensified efforts to make the product available, a decision he believed would reduce the cost of rice.
He said: “There are 10 rice mills that are being constructed under a Public Private Partnership arrangement and the President has given us intervention to complete those mills.
”We will commission some of them before the end of this administration."
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