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PDP Professionals FCT Chapter The National PDP Professionals & Business Group (NPPBG) is a political pressure group made up of Pr

The National PDP Professionals and Business Group (NPPBG) is the PDP Professionals Wing, which has been duly accredited by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The other accredited wings are the PDP Youth Wing and the PDP Women’s Wing. The National PDP Professionals and Business Group (NPPBG) is the platform for professionals and business men and women across the country to actively engage in polit

ics whether as elected or appointed leaders. The association has its national headquarters in Abuja, and has a chapter in each of the 36 states and FCT. The National PDP Professionals and Business Group (NPPBG) FCT Chapter, led by Mr. Moses Kolawole Obisesan, will be official inaugurated on Thursday June 26, 2014. The Official Inauguration of the NPPBG FCT Chapter is expected to draw participants from members of various professional groups across the FCT: engineers, lawyers, doctors, architects, surveyors, accountants, bankers, pilots, ICT professionals, and many others. The four focus areas of NPPBG FCT are voter education, job creation, local content, and leadership development. We seek to engage and recruit 100,000 members for the association between now and the next general election slated for February 2015. We require the support of the appropriate party machinery to sign up our members to become members of the PDP, and to sensitize them on how obtain their INEC voter’s cards ahead of 2015.

5th Nigerian States IGR Awards 2024FCT AND RIVERS ARE SLUGGING IT OUT FOR THE NO. 2 POSITION AFTER LAGOS Here are the to...
30/10/2024

5th Nigerian States IGR Awards 2024

FCT AND RIVERS ARE SLUGGING IT OUT FOR THE NO. 2 POSITION AFTER LAGOS

Here are the top 12 Nigerian states in internally generated revenue (IGR) in 2023.

1. Lagos N815,864,679,971

2. FCT N211,100,288,136

3. Rivers N195,414,581,585

4. Ogun N146,875,041,475

5. Delta N114,088,309,225

6. Edo N64,671,497,3627

7. Kaduna N62,490,117,635

8. Kwara N59,642,678,120

9. Oyo N52,745,497,059

10. Akwa Ibom N43,184,024,627

11. Ondo N41,501,551,387

12. Kano N37,379,619,998

FCT overtook Rivers in 2021. Rivers took back the second position in 2023. And FCT has once again flipped it in 2023.

Four among these 12 states are in the South West zone: Lagos, Ogun, Oyo and Ondo. Lagos is the permanent leader in IGR amongst Nigeria's 37 subnationals. I don't see any rival to it in the foreseeable future. Maybe in the next 1-2 decades, FCT might become a strong contender with Lagos in IGR. Who knows!

Another four among these 12 states are in the South-South zone: Rivers, Delta, Edo and Akwa Ibom. Edo's IGR performance over the years is quite impressive considering that it doesn't receive the huge 13% derivation funds goes to its South-South sister states: Rivers, Delta, Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa.

North Central zone is represented in this top 12 list by FCT and Kwara, while North West has Kaduna and Kano amongst them. None of the states of the South East zone (Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo) and the North East zone (Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe) made it into this top 12 league in 2023.

Go to www.alfordevents.com to see any of the most recent editions of REVENUE magazine which features data on IGR amongst Nigerian states from 2010 till date.

My Own TakeIN THIS DIGITAL AGE, AVOID PROBLEMATIC BRAND NAMES I came across a company online this morning with the name,...
30/10/2024

My Own Take

IN THIS DIGITAL AGE, AVOID PROBLEMATIC BRAND NAMES

I came across a company online this morning with the name, TWELVE, and I googled it. In my first search I drew blank. I needed to add TECH to the name for Google to pop it up. The name TWELVE for a brand is a problematic one in this digital age. When majority of humans see it, they immediately think that you are talking about the number 12! You complicate things for Google Search because, by default, it would pop up TWLEVE as the name of the number 12, and not the name of a company.

This was also my reasoning concerning Twitter when, upon purchasing the company, Mr. Elon Musk changed its name to X. Guess what, people are compelled to write X and then put in parenthesis (formerly known as Twitter). Why put the consumer out there through this unnecessary stress? Musk as a matter of fact threw away his company's name (worth more than gold in branding power), replacing it with a trashy one. I guess he did it, all in an attempt to look and sound cool. So sorry Elon. All you needed to have done was to bounce the idea of replacing TWITTER with X off someone out there who knows a thing or two about branding.

And by the way, the best name for your brand today should sound like the name of a person: Guinness, Honda, Mercedes Benz, Dangote, etc. If possible, choose an English-sounding name. You know the reason for this, don't you? English is the most popular (and most preferred) language of netizens today. Even Chinese and Indian folks (countries that dwarf the UK in population) would readily anglicize their names as soon as they think global.

Still on this subject, you might want to look up the name that we chose for our own company back in 2014 when we incorporated it: www.alfordevents.com.

Surplus Food in Nigeria YOU TOO CAN JOIN OUR NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN TODAY The annual Nigeria Food Surplus Summit is the cen...
29/09/2024

Surplus Food in Nigeria

YOU TOO CAN JOIN OUR NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN TODAY

The annual Nigeria Food Surplus Summit is the central pillar of a 10 years nationwide advocacy that started in June 2024, aimed at helping Nigeria to successfully transition from a net importer of food and agricultural products and services to a net exporter of them. In the next 10 years (2024-2033), we envision that hundreds of well-established commercial farms and food processing companies will spring up in majority of the 774 LGAs of Nigeria, encouraged by the federal and state governments, and financially supported by commercial banks and other lenders.

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Surplus Food in Nigeria FACILITY TOUR OF NIJI GROUP IN IBADAN, OYO STATE, TODAY My tour of NIJI Group (Niji Foods) in Ib...
20/09/2024

Surplus Food in Nigeria

FACILITY TOUR OF NIJI GROUP IN IBADAN, OYO STATE, TODAY

My tour of NIJI Group (Niji Foods) in Ibadan, Oyo State, today is a continuation of my nationwide tour of the leading agribusiness companies and organizations in Nigeria, the major commercial bank lenders to the Nigerian agricultural industry, and the ministry of agriculture of the FCT and the 36 states of Nigeria. I am undertaking these visits as part of our nationwide awareness campaign titled, "SURPLUS FOOD IN NIGERIA." This is a national advocacy championed voluntarily by our company, Alford Conferences Limited (Alford Events), to help Nigeria to transition from being a net importer of food and agricultural products and services to a net exporter of them. We believe that this national aspiration can be translated into reality in the next 10 years.

Within this period, 2024-2024, we want food to become very surplus in Nigeria; for the country to be able to feed itself adequately and have a large surplus for export. We are taking a cue from the Netherlands, the 2nd largest agribusiness exporter in the world today, next to United States. The annual Nigeria Food Surplus Summit is one of the major initiatives towards driving this aspiration to fruition.

As I interacted with Engr. Kolawole Adeniji, the Founder & CEO of Niji Group today, I was even more reassured about my decision to help to champion this national aspiration. I'll talk about this agro-industrial group during the weekend. I am pleased to invite you, as an individual or an organization, to join Alford Conferences Limited and REVENUE Magazine, our web-based publication to help drive this lofty national food campaign. You can participate in this summit, slated for November 20-22, 2024 in Abuja as a partner, sponsor, exhibitor, and delegate. Download the event participation brochure on www.alfordevents.com and register today. There's still a room for a discount on the participation rates if you do so by latest October 31, 2024.

Frederick Apeji
Alford Conferences Limited
Abuja, FCT

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Surplus Food in Nigeria WHICH NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES HAVE MADE A STRONG MARK IN AGRIBUSINESS WITHIN THEIR CAMPUS?In the S...
17/09/2024

Surplus Food in Nigeria

WHICH NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES HAVE MADE A STRONG MARK IN AGRIBUSINESS WITHIN THEIR CAMPUS?

In the South West Zone, our picks are Afe Babalola University of Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Ekiti State. The other three are Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Ogun State; University of Ibadan, Oyo State; and Federal University of Technology Akure, Ondo State.

ABUAD Farms includes 110,000 mango trees, 500,000 teak trees, 500,000 melaina trees, 600,000 moringa trees and 600 fish ponds., all worked by dozens of hands-on personnel. Its moringa factory produces soap, body cream and capsule (to mention just three), from the “miracle plant”; a mango-processing unit makes mango chips, and has its eyes on the export market; an equally busy feed mill serves the needs of the farm’s livestock and as well as those outside it. Chief Afe Babalola, the octogenarian founder of the school said, “We have the biggest university agricultural enterprise in Africa.”

We shall be honouring these four universities with the NIGERIAN AGRIBUSINESS UNIVERSITY AWARDS at the forthcoming 1st Nigeria Food Surplus Summit, slated for November 20-22, 2024 in Abuja, FCT. Four other universities from the other five zones of the country will be similarly honoured and celebrated at the event.

The annual Nigeria Food Surplus Summit is the central pillar of a 10 years nationwide advocacy that started in June 2024, aimed at helping Nigeria to successfully transition from a net importer of food and agricultural products and services to a net exporter of them.

Download the event participation brochure from www.alfordevents.com to read more about this event coming up in the next two months. To sign up as a summit partner, sponsor, exhibitor, speaker, delegate, etc, please contact our hotline & Whatsapp +2348030635853.

DID YOU KNOW Dr. Mohammed Mahmoud Isa-Dutse represents Nigeria on the Board of Governors of Islamic Development Bank (Is...
19/08/2024

DID YOU KNOW

Dr. Mohammed Mahmoud Isa-Dutse represents Nigeria on the Board of Governors of Islamic Development Bank (IsDB). Among the 57 member countries of this international development bank, Nigeria is Number 5 in terms of shareholding. We are behind only Saudi Arabia, Libya, Indonesia and Iran. Our current $4.3billion represents 7.33% of the banks equity. More and more of our state governments ought to explore opportunities in this resource-rich financial institution.

Here are the top 10 member countries in terms of who owns what at IsDB:

1. Saudi Arabia $13.2billion/22.5%

2. Libya $5.3billion/9.03%

3. Indonesia $4.7billion/7.94%

4. Iran $4.6billion/7.90%

5. Nigeria $4.3billion/7.33%

6. Qatar $4.0billion/6.87%

7. Egypt $4.0billion/6.77%

8. Kuwait $3.9billion/6.62%

9. UAE $3.8billion/6.48%

10. Turkey $3.6billion/6.17%

Source: www.isdb.org

Surplus Food in NigeriaREVENUE MAGAZINE DESIGNATES 72 ORGANIZATIONS AS THE ENGINE ROOM TO TRANSFORM AGRIBUSINESS IN NIGE...
08/08/2024

Surplus Food in Nigeria

REVENUE MAGAZINE DESIGNATES 72 ORGANIZATIONS AS
THE ENGINE ROOM TO TRANSFORM AGRIBUSINESS IN NIGERIA

In pursuance of its vision to help transform the country from a net importer of agricultural products and services to a net exporter of them, REVENUE Magazine, the official publication of the annual Nigeria Food Surplus Summit, has designated 72 persons/organizations and tagged them the “Agribusiness Nigeria Engine Room.”

These 72 persons/organizations are the Hon. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, the Hon. Minister of State of the ministry, the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL Plc), Bank of Agriculture (BOA), Bank of Industry (BOI), Nigerian Export Import Bank (NEXIM), Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC), National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), and National Orientation Agency (NOA). The Senate Committee Chairman on Agriculture and the House of Representatives Committee Chairman on Agriculture are part of this engine room. Also listed among them is the vice chancellor of the four federal universities of agriculture under the purview of the FMAFS, located in Abeokuta (Ogun State), Umudike (Abia State), Makurdi (Benue State) and Zuru (Kebbi State).

The commissioner of agriculture of the 37 subnationals of Nigeria form the core of this engine room. They are in a vantage position to collectively drive the three key areas of our vision: commercial farming on a large scale across each of the 774 local government areas (LGAs) of the country; food processing by companies of various sizes (mega, big, medium and small); and manufacturing and supply of agricultural tractors and other farm machinery. The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) are part of the engine room too.

This VIP list also includes the CEO of the commercial banks that are the biggest lenders to the Nigerian agricultural industry during the five years period 2018-2022. There are 12 of such banks designated by REVENUE Magazine for the forthcoming 1st Nigeria Food Surplus Summit slated for November 20-22, 2024 in Abuja: Access Holdings, Zenith Bank, Ecobank Nigeria, UBA Group, GTCO Holdings, FCMB Group, Sterling Holdings, Fidelity Bank, FBN Holdings, Stanbic IBTC Bank, Union Bank, and Wema Bank.

We have added three other persons to list: the Founder/CEO of Bobtrack Tractor Limited, the first indigenous manufacturer of agricultural tractors; the President of Standup for Women Society (SWS), a leading women empowerment organization that has graciously partnered with us for the forthcoming summit; and the Director-General of International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan, a leading agricultural research centre in Nigeria.

WhatsApp +2348030635853 for the participation brochure of the forthcoming 1st Nigeria Food Surplus Summit 2024. Read more about us on www.alfordevents.com.

Surplus Food in Nigeria THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN) IS THE BIGGEST PROVIDER OF DEVELOPMENT FINANCE FOR THE NIGERIA...
07/08/2024

Surplus Food in Nigeria

THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN) IS THE BIGGEST PROVIDER OF DEVELOPMENT FINANCE FOR THE NIGERIAN AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), headed by Mr. Olayemi Cardoso since October 5, 2023, is the biggest provider of development finance for the Nigerian agricultural industry.

Before he joined the CBN, Olayemi Cardoso spent over 29 years in commercial banking, culminating in his tenure as Chairman of Citibank Nigeria Ltd, a subsidiary of the world’s leading global bank and the oldest international bank in Nigeria, from 2010 to 2022. Between 1990 and 1997, he was an Executive Director at the Citizens International Bank Limited and Principal Partner at FBC Associates Limited from 1997 to 1999.

Cardoso served as Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Lagos State Government, from 1999 to 2005. In that capacity, he implemented the blueprint which catalysed economic development in the state and championed reform, pioneering state-of-the-art analytical and consultative mechanisms for improving governance.

During his banking and public sector career, he served as Chairman of the Lagos Economic Summit Group (2020-2021) and the Africa Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA), 2014 – 2020. He also served as a member of the Economic Advisory Council of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (2015 – 2019) and Cities Alliance Think Tank (2015 – 2018). Other private sector positions held by Cardoso during his career include Board membership of Chevron Oil Plc (2005 – 2008), Nigerian National Advisory Board for Impact Investing, Lagos Business School, Institution of the Annual State Economic Summit, Johnson Products, and DRASA Health Trust.

Cardoso graduated from the University of Aston in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science in Managerial and Administrative Studies (Concentration in Finance and Accounting) and subsequently pursued his master’s in public administration and Management (Concentration in Economics and Finance) from Harvard University, Massachusetts, United States of America in 2005. Mr. Cardoso was conferred with a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) (honoris causa) by the University of Aston in Birmingham, 2017 in recognition of his outstanding achievements in the private and public sectors. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers.

www.cbn.gov.ng

Surplus Food in Nigeria PROF. ISAAC NATHANIEL ITODO IS THE VC OF JOSEPH SARWAN TARKA UNIVERSITY Isaac Nathaniel Itodo i...
07/08/2024

Surplus Food in Nigeria

PROF. ISAAC NATHANIEL ITODO IS THE VC OF JOSEPH SARWAN TARKA UNIVERSITY

Isaac Nathaniel Itodo is the seventh Vice Chancellor of the Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University (Formerly Federal University of Agriculture) Makurdi, Nigeria appointed in February 2023. He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (FNSE) and a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering (FAEng). Professor Itodo began his career at the university in 1987 as a Graduate Assistant and became a professor in 2003. He has chaired various university committees and has been Head of Department, and Dean of College and Director of Linkages. He was a member of the Governing Council of the university, and President of the Solar Energy Society of Nigeria. In 2019, he was awarded the Nigerian national honour of National Productivity Order of Merit (NPOM). Professor Itodo is a holder of two Nigerian patents and is author of 2 books and over a hundred journal articles in reputable journals. His publication won the third best engineering academic publication in Nigeria in 2019. He holds a MSc (1989) and PhD (1993) in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Ibadan.

www.uam.edu.ng

Surplus Food in Nigeria SENATOR DR. ALIYU SABI ABDULLAHI IS THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF STATE, FEDERAL MINISTRY OF AGRICU...
07/08/2024

Surplus Food in Nigeria

SENATOR DR. ALIYU SABI ABDULLAHI IS THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF STATE, FEDERAL MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY (FMAFS)

Dr. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, CON, represented Niger North Senatorial District in the 8th and 9th Senate, where he served as Deputy Chief Whip and Chairman of the Niger State Caucus. In the 8th Senate, he was the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs and the Senate’s Spokesman, a notable achievement for a first-term senator. A staunch advocate for education and human capital development, he sponsored over 100 bills and motions, including the Federal University of Education Bill, 2020, which became law in December 2021. Abdullahi holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from ABU-Zaria and has pursued various management certifications. He was awarded the national honor of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) in October 2022 and appointed Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security by President Bola Tinubu on August 21, 2023.

www.agriculture.gov.ng

Surplus Food in Nigeria SENATOR ABUBAKAR KYARI IS THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF AGRIICULTURE AND FO...
07/08/2024

Surplus Food in Nigeria

SENATOR ABUBAKAR KYARI IS THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF AGRIICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY (FMAFS)

Abubakar Kyari CON, born on January 15, 1963, is a Nigerian politician currently serving as the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security. He represented Borno North Senatorial District in the Senate from 2015 until his resignation in April 2022 to become the APC Deputy National Chairman, North. Kyari briefly acted as the APC national chairman in 2023 before being appointed minister by President Bola Tinubu on August 16, 2023. Educated in Nigeria and the U.S., he holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee, Martin, and an MBA from Webster University, St. Louis. He was honored with the Commander Of The Order Of The Niger (CON) by President Muhammadu Buhari.

www.agriculture.gov.ng

Surplus Food in Nigeria GET LISTED ON WWW.AGRIBUSINESSNIGERIA.COM.NG TODAYMicro, small and medium business in commercial...
23/07/2024

Surplus Food in Nigeria

GET LISTED ON WWW.AGRIBUSINESSNIGERIA.COM.NG TODAY

Micro, small and medium business in commercial farming, food processing, agribusiness equipment (producers, distributors and dealers), etc can take full advantage of the DIRECTORY SECTION of www.agribusinessnigeria.com.ng. This is the official website of the annual Nigeria Food Surplus Summit. The site is currently under construction, and we expect to launch it on or before August 5, 2024.

The annual subscription fee for this directory is N4,800 per annum. Companies and organizations already registered as exhibitors at the forthcoming 1st Nigeria Food Surplus Summit 2024 will be listed for free for one year. The listing (to be handled by our ADMINs) includes your company name, address, telephone, email, website as well as a short profile of your business (in a maximum of 50 words). The directory will be compiled on the basis of business location across the FCT and the 36 states of Nigeria.

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