The federal government says it has successfully concessioned the Onitsha Port in Anambra State while discussions are ongoing for the concessioning of Baro and some other ports in the country. George Moghalu, managing director, National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), said this while he fielded questions from State House correspondents after a private meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said that such licensing would ease pressure on the government and attract revenue to it. “For Onitsha, we have successfully concessioned and handed over to Universal Elison, a company that is partnering with Port of…

There is outcry among farmers because of the high cost of fertiliser as the rainy season sets in, investigation shows. Both wet season and irrigation farmers heavily rely on fertiliser for high yield but many of them could no longer afford it. At the moment, the price of fertiliser is far beyond the reach of millions of Nigerian small-scale farmers, who need it to achieve the desired yields. In most places, the soil can no longer support the production of major grains without fertiliser, but access to the input is shrinking due to its high cost, resulting in declining productivity.…