DAILY TRUST
Monday, April 30,2012
Business
WIBank commits
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thai the v.rIous nlue chlms ~ lMa...lcullure transformation ~ b SOin, to tum the fOf"luncs of lite coun try ..-ound because: il Is alrndy yiddu:al posIuyC results and ~nn, mUII'IC lupport (rom Jtiliholdcrs In the 1«1«. Ihc transformation IF-nell is focuxd on kry aspects of the nluc chain IUch . . the reduc· lioo of potl huval! loses. Impnw'"& IinbSCS with mdus Ina WIth rupeel 10 backward inlqnUon as well as acc~ to fmaocul Krriccs and martds." he Aid. Adesi"", abo diKJo5cod thai hal now fItIm Included lIS ~ of the bc:nC'fil.tnJ countries in PuUdeol Obama's Fftd lhr Fvtua lnllbtiYc after the US
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armgand IMO!'US IS on UlM:re in I hI' minllfry to cncoun.~ our lte.nung UMmplorcd youths to be IntrrC:Slcd in *lfKuhure. But the majOr pfObkm is thai none oflhon woulJ want 10 farm With cullu.••nd hoe, thai Is why we an-: setting mO<krn day equip roml readily .vaila~ £or them 10 fum," he Akl. IleakJ: "ApkuhurcaccounUi for aboul44 pcrttnl of the coun try', Growth Domestic Product .,..d responsible- for aver 70 per. ttnl cmploymmL The time hu come and I know it 11 now b n'CI'J Nigcrlln to contribute hb own q uota In t'nIUrins that the:
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~y drinb oil. bul we aU h i l t one point or the other.
We should)olD huMb In CftIUr1"1 that ~rkultu~ m<n"CI from pc:uanl firming 10 mcchanlud one. 'I'M lhIe and local gom-nmcou shouJd ensure ttw. Ihne: b Ibundance of incentives for the buliOCSSIO thrtYe In thc:lr ",rif..
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Global e(ononifr~(overing -Report:
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new ~ oonductcd by the Aaociation ofOw1cm1 Ccrttfitd A
Ac.counwJIJ bas rnnIcd that po-
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r«:OYCrJ'oulloak in the n,.. qwrkr 01'2012. The rtJkWt ;thc""baat edi lion of the: GkJbal F..conomec Con · dltions Su~. jointly conducted by Act:.A and the institute oCMan ........ """'"""'" (1MA~ ... SCSU lhat the px.I economy abo repined IOI:DC oC the dynamism II had to.& 0¥Cr the t.t J':VThe ~ findings, rcpracnl inK the vkws of .oout UOO proINional KDlWUnU around 1bc worid, were -'mmcd by the two
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10 the tmdinp. the thaRoCrapooJenu~coo
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lions had nearly doubled 16 per cae in _2011 10 29 per oml, and whll.ethc nu;ony(S4 percml)
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tJgU~ war down £rom 7J cmI in Ihc~quarter_
that
It I"CW:IIIcd tNt IIXOUtItanls in Africa are the molt conf'tdmt and optimlstic of the rqioos in the first monlh of 2012., IIllbough other "fPons around tbe wOOd t.w:
Procurement experts to assist FG fight corruption if... wben blind audltinB pcr-. slst&, it s.Jves room for mlrmdIotd c.orrupUon. Speaktna In • wnibr vdn, lhe IUIOdatkmi vice pmidmt. Kayodc llnubu, Wo.I II was the pRSRI!"e: mounccd by procurement <lIrcm dul'ins the adminJlnIion ofOlUKS"" Qbcu..
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r tht ~ Proceu otfllCe ,,00 the lUblfquenl crnbOn (C1FM ION bY iU1 act of tht -I;lI,onal AtKmh!,', Tmubu nHm thr ~ I ion cL he 0 I(' l'roc~"~'lrk.(: me! ,II od br III fl'Trn.l.lftMIlt H.oOr (~ TI'(ICJlr1rJ~!Ic who-.. lI! o.dy Koltkmk rdlow tal' '" Ii lnd....1c\J and ,Iso ~1Ic:d 1M Outl lot rl' :..uIf II IV ('0(. . . . . I d d;' .x 'I ~anJ
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