Amannah, Peace Ireju and Chima, Onyebuchi Alexander and Obayi, Paul Martins and Anorue, Luke Ifeanyi (2016) NEWSPAPER COVERAGE OF AGRICULTURAL POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES OF PRESIDENT JONATHAN'S ADMINISTRATION (2011-2015). Gouni Journal of Management and Social Sciences, 4 (2). pp. 144-156. ISSN 2550-7265
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In May 2011, upon assumption of office as the President of Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan made agriculture part of the transformation agenda of his administration. Since then, the president has rolled out policies in the area of roadmap for power sector reform, youth enterprise initiative, rural development programmes, deregulation of downstream oil sector and a review of the foreign policy to consider Nigerian citizens first. Other policies include non-interference in judicial matters, liberalisation of the press, non-oil export development and transformation of the agricultural sector (Nnawetanrna, 2015). The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, under Goodluck Jonathan, developed an aggressive Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA). The focus of ATA was to assure food security, reduce expenditure of foreign exchange on food imports, diversify the economy, generate foreign exchange and create jobs. In a major departure from past approaches, agriculture is now being treated as a business, not a development programme.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Management and Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | mrs chioma hannah |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Sep 2019 08:16 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Sep 2019 08:16 |
| URI: | http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/2194 |
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