Bamidele Faparusi, member of the Seventh House of Representatives, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare an emergency in the agriculture sector owing to dwindling oil revenues.
[quote_left]Faparusi described the fund as opportunity for some fraudulent Nigerians to amass ill-gotten wealth.[/quote_left]
[quote_right]He also backed the removal of oil subsidy as mooted by the Federal Government and supported by the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.[/quote_right]
Faparusi, who represented Ekiti South Federal Constituency 2 between 2011 and 2015, said the declaration of emergency in agriculture would afford the government an opportunity to give the sector an attention as an alternative to oil and to create more job opportunities for Nigerians.
Speaking in Ado Ekiti yesterday, Faparusi praised Buhari for the proposal to develop agriculture, mining and tourism sectors to fund the budget, adding that prompt declaration of emergency in agriculture would make the seemingly tall dream to come to fruition.
