The federal government has commenced rehabilitation of some major roads across the country to connect farms, boost agribusiness and ease transportation of agricultural products.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, while accompanying the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, during road inspection in Otukpo, Benue State, said the ongoing rehabilitation of roads linking Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau, Gombe, Borno, Adamawa, Taraba States to the Eastern part of the country, is aimed at boosting the agro business and strengthen unity among Nigeria.
Ogbeh while emphasising on road as the biggest means of transportation in Nigeria, revealed that the government was also planning to install refrigerator depot on roads powered by solar to preserve tomatoes and other perishables.
According to him, “The road is the major means of transportation of both people and goods in Nigeria, when farmers grow crops in the North which are needed in…
