Adesina’s Cellphones-For-Farmers Gimmick
By Abdullahi M. Gulloma
On Monday, January 14, 2014, the Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina addressed State House correspondents on the controversy trailing the plans by the federal government to buy phones for farmers. Some pundits estimated that the mobile phones would cost the government a whopping N60 billion.
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